COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF JOINT POLICING COMMITTEE

Friday, September 11, 2009

QUESTION NO.

QUESTION: Councillor P. Rabbitte, TD

To ask Garda Management to respond to the perception that it is not possible to take timely action against tenants who persist in anti-social behaviour because of inordinate delays on the part of the Gardai in making the necessary response in cases referred to them.

REPLY:

Community Gardaí at Tallaght Garda Station work very closely and are in daily contact with South Dublin County Council anti-social officers.  All matters brought to attention of the Gardaí are dealt with in the earliest possible course in co-operation with SDCC staff.  A clerical officer has been attached to the Community Policing Unit office at Tallaght Garda Station for some time.  He provides immediate returns to the hundreds of requests from SDCC for information on prospective tenants under sections 14 & 15 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1997.  Relevant staff in each organisation have the personal mobile phone numbers of their counterparts should any issues or difficulties arise. At present there is no backlog at Tallaght in supplying the necessary responses.