Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures available under the housing Acts to facilitate the transfer of tenants from one local authority to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19757/08]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, housing authorities are responsible for the management and maintenance of dwellings, of which they are the owner, provided under the Act. Regulations under the section allow that the tenant may, with the consent of the authority, exchange the tenancy of his/her house for the tenancy of another house provided by a housing authority. The administration of tenancy transfers are a matter for individual housing authorities having regard to individual schemes of priorities for letting dwellings under section 11 of the Housing Act 1988.