Wind guidelines and tenant purchases
Robert Troy seeks publication dates for wind-energy guidelines and the tenant-purchase regulations, particularly to address anti-social behaviour; the Taoiseach promises to obtain information and respond when decisions are available.
Will the Taoiseach reply to me, as promised last week, about when the wind energy guidelines will be published? I understand the export project is back on track and there is great concern and anxiety that we do not have robust legislation to deal with wind energy. Can the Taoiseach confirm to me, having consulted with his colleagues, when the guidelines will be published?
The Taoiseach said he would write to me about the tenant purchase scheme and update me as to when it would be published. I refer to the statutory instrument, which has yet to be published by the Department of Justice and Equality, that will facilitate local authorities in dealing with anti-social behaviour. Families living in local authority estates-----
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-----are being harassed in an awful fashion. Local authorities have no mechanism to deal with such problems. They are waiting for the statutory instrument to be published by the Department of Justice and Equality. Can the Taoiseach indicate when that will be done in order that local authorities will have a free hand to deal with the issue appropriately?
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In the past, local authorities were able to deal with cases of anti-social behaviour once a calendar of evidence had been built up. I will have to come back to Deputy Troy in respect of these matters.
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They are waiting for the statutory instrument.
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I do not know about the statutory instrument, but I will find out the information from the Minister for Justice and Equality. We are still discussing the question of the regulations in respect of wind energy and the tenant purchase scheme. I will advise Deputy Troy as soon as I have something worthwhile to tell him.