Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Housing Estate Grievances. Use of local authority enforcement powers
Summary
Fitzpatrick and Kelly asked whether local authorities had ever used their statutory powers to take over estates and remedy defects; the Minister could not confirm and said he would provide the information.
(Cavan-Monaghan): I have one further supplementary which arises out of the Minister's statement that local authorities have power under the 1976 Act——
Comment on this
(Cavan-Monaghan):—— and the 1963 Act to take over estates and make good the defects. Has that power ever been exercised and, if so, on how many occasions?
Comment on this
Has it been exercised by any local authority in the country on one single occasion, to the Minister's knowledge?