Written answers
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Local Authority Housing
7:00 pm
Mary 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]
Willie 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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