Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if guidelines exist regarding anti-social behaviour in local authority housing; the number of evictions each respective county and city council has carried out as a result of anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54438/12]

Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of legal actions each respective city and county council have taken as a result of anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54439/12]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 405 and 406 together.

The Housing Acts 1966 to 2009 confer a range of powers on housing authorities relating to combating anti-social behaviour in their housing stock , including the making of an anti-social behaviour strategy under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. The exercise of these powers is a matter for the relevant authority.

The following table contains statistics compiled by my Department showing warrants sought under section 62 of the Housing Act 1966 by local authorities in 2011 for anti-social behaviour reasons, along with the number of evictions carried out. It also contains details of excluding orders sought, granted and enforced in 2011 under section 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997. My Department does not collect statistics on the number of other legal actions taken by local authorities in respect of anti-social behaviour.

The following table provides the statistics for town councils.