Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 June 2019
973. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of HAP inspections undertaken to date; the number outstanding beyond the eight month deadline by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23565/19]
View answerThe Housing Assistant Payment Scheme (HAP) in underpinned by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014. Under section 41 of the 2014 Act, local authorities are required to commence the inspection process within eight months of the commencement of HAP support being provided in relation to a particular dwelling, if the dwelling was not already inspected within the previous 12 months. Local authorities carry out HAP inspections as a subset of their overall private rented inspections programme.
In February of this year, at my Department's request, the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) worked with local authorities to compile data in respect of HAP inspections and the findings of that exercise, including the details sought by the Deputy, are reflected in the table below.
|
Local Authority |
Total Number of Tenancies |
Total Active Number of Tenancies |
No of Properties where an Inspection is not due as per legislative requirement (Inside of 8 months) |
No of properties where an Inspection is due |
Inspection Carried out/Arranged |
% of inspections arranged / carried out |
|
Carlow County Council |
935 |
683 |
149 |
534 |
527 |
99% |
|
Cavan County Council |
341 |
288 |
132 |
156 |
119 |
76% |
|
Clare County Council |
1,955 |
1,324 |
276 |
1,048 |
730 |
70% |
|
Cork City Council |
2,218 |
1,726 |
413 |
1,313 |
881 |
67% |
|
Cork County Council |
4,808 |
3,738 |
1,018 |
2,720 |
1749 |
64% |
|
Donegal County Council |
2,554 |
1,714 |
376 |
1,338 |
1,411 |
105% |
|
Dublin City Council |
1,562 |
1,863 |
840 |
1,023 |
1,206 |
118% |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council |
377 |
371 |
171 |
200 |
193 |
97% |
|
Fingal County Council |
1,675 |
1,625 |
791 |
834 |
731 |
88% |
|
Galway City Council |
1,408 |
1,236 |
378 |
858 |
395 |
46% |
|
Galway County Council |
1,347 |
1,168 |
408 |
760 |
923 |
121% |
|
Kerry County Council |
1,070 |
940 |
405 |
535 |
598 |
112% |
|
Kildare County Council |
2,431 |
2,036 |
581 |
1,455 |
435 |
30% |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
1,395 |
861 |
196 |
665 |
775 |
117% |
|
Laois County Council |
805 |
695 |
328 |
367 |
449 |
122% |
|
Leitrim County Council |
275 |
221 |
103 |
118 |
133 |
113% |
|
Limerick City & County Council |
3,078 |
2,204 |
465 |
1,739 |
2,009 |
116% |
|
Longford County Council |
353 |
300 |
156 |
144 |
165 |
115% |
|
Louth County Council |
3,351 |
2,674 |
859 |
1,815 |
1,306 |
72% |
|
Mayo County Council |
1,399 |
1,131 |
368 |
763 |
497 |
65% |
|
Meath County Council |
2,305 |
1,912 |
666 |
1,246 |
719 |
58% |
|
Monaghan County Council |
772 |
530 |
145 |
385 |
459 |
119% |
|
Offaly County Council |
1,094 |
841 |
204 |
637 |
244 |
38% |
|
Roscommon County Council |
463 |
388 |
171 |
217 |
168 |
77% |
|
Sligo County Council |
830 |
660 |
211 |
449 |
406 |
90% |
|
South Dublin County Council |
3,010 |
2,724 |
586 |
2,138 |
2,001 |
94% |
|
Tipperary County Council |
2,493 |
1,738 |
396 |
1,342 |
1,432 |
107% |
|
Waterford City & County Council |
2,587 |
1,845 |
524 |
1,321 |
1,308 |
99% |
|
Westmeath County Council |
732 |
646 |
245 |
401 |
438 |
109% |
|
Wexford County Council |
1,251 |
1,058 |
502 |
556 |
395 |
71% |
|
Wicklow County Council |
1,087 |
998 |
425 |
573 |
261 |
46% |
|
DRHE |
5,687 |
4,236 |
1,753 |
2,483 |
1,921 |
77% |
|
Grand Total |
55,648 |
44,374 |
14,241 |
30,133 |
24,984 |
83% |
