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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 14, 2024

QUESTION NO.24

QUESTION: Councillor N. Fennell

To ask the Chief Executive to outline the process of getting Garda clearance for people to become social housing tenants.

REPLY:

Section 15 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 provides for housing authorities to obtain criminal record checks in respect of persons applying for social housing. When a person/s has accepted the offer of housing with the Council, a request is then issued to the relevant Garda station to carry out a criminal record check, on all persons over 18 years old in the household. A report is then issued by the Gardaí and reviewed by the housing authority. In general, the allocation process then proceeds however, in a minority of cases further investigation maybe required on estate management grounds.