Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the responsibilities the local authorities have when tenants of social housing are being violent, anti-social, and intimidating persons in their neighbourhood; if they are required to take action on such a matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14968/09]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1997 sets out the powers available to housing authorities and, where appropriate, approved housing bodies to deal with anti-social behaviour in their housing stock. The exercise of these powers in individual cases is a matter for the relevant authority or housing body to decide. Under Section 34 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 it is proposed that each authority be required to draw up and adopt an anti-social behaviour strategy and I am examining the scope for committee stage amendments to the Bill that will further extend the powers of housing authorities and approved bodies in this area.

Actions of a criminal nature by individuals are, in the first instance, a matter for An Garda Síochána.