Written answers

Thursday, 21 July 2011

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Local Authority Housing

7:00 pm

Photo of Mary Mitchell O'ConnorMary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the Housing Act to specifically name domestic violence as anti-social behaviour in order that local authorities can exclude and evict perpetrators when they present a risk to their immediate family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22544/11]

Photo of Willie PenroseWillie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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In view of the fact that the Domestic Violence Act 1996 provides a legal framework within which the victims of domestic violence can seek a range of remedies in the courts to suit particular circumstances, I have no proposals to extend the statutory powers of housing authorities in relation to anti-social behaviour in local authority housing to cover cases of domestic violence.

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