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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, January 12, 2009
QUESTION NO. 5
QUESTION: Councillor S. Crowe
To ask the Manager will he outline how many transfers have been agreed by this Council to individuals or families on the grounds of being subjected to intolerable abuse and anti social behaviour in the last 12 months?
REPLY:
The Council's Scheme of Letting Priorities which was adopted by the Elected Members and approved by the Minister for Environment Housing and Urban Renewal in December 2006 sets out the criteria for applications for transfer to alternative accommodation, which criteria includes pursuit of a transfer on grounds of anti social behaviour. Where such a transfer request is made, the application must be supported by a letter from the Garda Superintendent stating that there is a risk to personal safety.
Of the fifty-two no. transfers facilitated in the current year, five of those transfers were awarded on ground of anti social behaviour.