Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 February 2016
546. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 30 and 142 of 21 November 2013, the action he has taken given the new information available (details supplied); how he will address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4364/16]
View answerIn February 2014, the then Minister of State for Housing Jan O’Sullivan, T.D., appointed an independent interim regulator within the Housing Agency to assess the governance, financial management and performance of Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). The Regulation Office is led by a Regulatory Committee of non-executive members and is independent in its decision making powers. Co-operative Housing Ireland (formerly NABCO) is among the 212 AHBs who have since signed up for regulation and therefore it comes under the oversight of the current interim AHB Regulator. It is a matter for the interim Regulator to focus on individual AHBs and it would not be appropriate for me to comment on individual regulatory matters.
In September 2015 the Government approved the drafting of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2015 with a view to establishing an AHB Regulator on a statutory basis.
