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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 08, 2025

QUESTION NO. 6

QUESTION: Councillor P. Holohan

To ask the Chief Executive what is the threshold/criteria for a housing transfer on compassionate grounds?

REPLY:

Housing transfers considered under exceptional circumstances are typically related to an urgent and immediate requirement to relocate a tenant, where the need extends beyond the standard eligibility categories (e.g., overcrowding, rightsizing, or medical grounds).

The council must be satisfied that all other reasonable options have been explored and are feasible and each application is assessed on a case by case basis.

All applicants seeking a transfer must fulfil the following requirements:

• occupy their present dwelling under a tenancy agreement, for a period of at least two years, unless the tenancy agreement provides otherwise;
• have a clear rent account for 6 months or have an agreement in place and being adhered to by the tenant to address any such arrears over an agreed period of time;
• have kept their dwelling in satisfactory condition, subject to inspection;
• have complied with the conditions of their Tenancy Agreement and
• have no record of anti-social behaviour.