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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 12, 2022

QUESTION NO. 17

QUESTION: Councillor Liam Sinclair

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on Tenants in arrears broken down by LEA. The report to include the number of Tenants that have been advised they will be evicted if arrears aren't cleared and the number of Tenants evicted due to arrears?

REPLY:

The breakdown of the rent arrears by Local Electoral Area is as follows:

Local Electoral Area

 Arrears

No of Accounts

Clondalkin

€954,959

1,205

Firhouse-Bohernabreena

€375,655

  682

Lucan

€238,815

  398

Palmerstown-Fonthill

€2,126,297

2,198

Rathfarnham-Templeogue

€95,425

  202

Tallaght Central

€263,016

  759

Tallaght South

€4,540,186

4,372

Grand Total

€8,594,353

9,816

The Debt Management Unit contacts every tenant with over 3 weeks of arrears on their account and advises them that they are in an arrears situation and that a failure to address these arrears puts their tenancy at risk and may result in them losing their home. Of the 5,283 accounts currently in arrears, only 145 tenants have not yet had contact with SDCC about their arrears, due to the low value of the arrears on their account.   

This year to date, no tenants have been evicted due to rent arrears. However, a number of accounts are currently in the legal process and may be subject to legal proceedings for possession of the property in the coming months if they do not engage with the Debt Management Unit and their arrears are not addressed.