Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 78: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on setting guidelines for local authorities on maintenance policies to ensure that people who are suffering from financial hardship are not forced to live in poor conditions as a result of new guidelines introduced by the local authority. [25109/09]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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The management and maintenance of their housing stock is a matter for individual local authorities under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Tenancy agreement provisions set out in the Housing Regulations 1980 confer responsibility for maintenance of parts of dwellings, particularly the interior, to tenants. Good Practice Guidelines for local authorities on the Repair and Maintenance of Dwellings were completed in October 2000 and these are available on the Centre for Housing Research website at www.chr.ie.