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Dáil Éireann - Volume 353 - 15 November, 1984 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Local Authority Dwellings. Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy 8. Mr. Molloy asked the Minister for the Environment when the review of statutory provisions on the management and letting of local authority housing will be published. Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh 2299 Mr. Kavanagh: The review of the statutory provisions on the management and letting of local authority housing will [2299] entail new legislation on which work is in progress in my Department. I will be endeavouring to have the Bill published as soon as possible but I cannot at this stage give a date for its publication. Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy: Why not? Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh: I have told the Deputy that the work is proceeding and I cannot give him a date today. Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy: Could the Minister indicate to the House whether he expects to have this report before Christmas, Easter, summer? Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh: No, in the next session, not before Christmas. Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy: Will it be before the end of the Dáil session? Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh: I have indicated to the Deputy not before Christmas. Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy: Before Easter? Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh: Yes. Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy: That is something, anyhow. Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy 9. Mr. Molloy asked the Minister for the Environment when arrangements will be devised to facilitate tenant purchase of local authority flats. Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh: I intend to initiate discussions shortly with those authorities having significant numbers of flats in their housing stock with a view to devising workable arrangements for the sale of flats to tenants. Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy: Could I ask the Minister if in those arrangements the flats will be properly repaired prior to their disposal and if the recent announcement that repairs would not be carried out in future by local authorities will not be implemented in cases such as this? Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh: Infrastructural repairs will be done before they are sold to the tenants. Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy 2300 [2300] Mr. Molloy: Could the Minister state when these arrangements will be made? Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh Mr. Kavanagh: I have told the Deputy that we are working on them as quickly as possible. A great deal is happening in the Department at the moment. Dáil Éireann 353 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. Local Authority Dwellings. Questions 19841115
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