asked the Minister for the Environment if he is satisfied that all local authorities are complying with the guidelines issued by him in May relating to the collection of local charges.

From the replies received so far from the local authorities concerned I am satisfied that there is a wide general acceptance of the need for a sympathetic approach in accordance with the aims of the guidelines and that a genuine effort is being made by the local authorities to deal with individual cases in accordance with those guidelines.

Will the Minister indicate how many of the local authorities have made a report to him as requested by him in his letter of 1 May 1985?

I am aware that about 30 local authorities have replied to my communication.

Would the Minister indicate if he is aware that Dublin Corporation area transfers to local authority tenants are being refused because a tenant owes local charges to the county council? Is that procedure in line with the guidelines which he has laid down?

I am not so aware. I will have the matter considered.

We will look after all that now, do not worry.

Is the Minister aware that I submitted a question to him some weeks ago giving specific details of a case in Ballymun where a family living in overcrowded conditions and with medical priority for transfer to a house were refused the transfer because they were not in a position to pay the local charges to the county council? The corporation are refusing the transfer. Will the Minister indicate if that is in breach of the spirit of his guidelines and if he will request the corporation to allow the transfer to take place?

The general policy cannot be indentified by one case which has arisen. However, if this is the general policy I assure the Deputy that I will have the matter looked into. I would not be prepared to accept one case as representing the policy of the corporation.

If I might pursue this matter——

The Deputy will have to pursue it in another way. This is the final supplementary.

The Minister must be aware that the people do not want the local charges given the result of the recent elections. Will the Minister indicate that he will request that transfers take place in the normal way in the corporation's administrative area without reference to local charges?

That is a separate question.

I will look at the situation and see if this practice is general.

It is general.