Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the extent to which local authorities are meeting the needs of their tenants in respect of necessary repairs to the social housing stock. [22477/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Responsibility for the management, maintenance and improvements of their rented dwellings, including the implementation of a planned maintenance programme lies with the local authorities and is financed from their own resources. The National Survey of Housing Quality 2001-2002 reported that just under three-quarters of persons in local authority accommodation are satisfied or very satisfied with the general condition of their accommodation. The report also noted that the level of activity of local authorities in responding to requests for repairs exceeded all other housing categories except one.