Housing Provision

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022

Tuesday, 26 July 2022

Questions (737)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

737. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a schedule of staff by grade that are allocated to the Approved Housing Body Regulator; and if he will provide a schedule of the allocated resources for the Approved Housing Body Regulator to include its office lease arrangements and annual budget; the amount expended on ICT infrastructure and the roll-out of ICT hardware and databases; the total expenditure on external consultants in respect of the office [41227/22]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The information requested in relation to the staff allocated and current staffing levels of the Approved Housing Body Regulatory Authority (AHBRA) is as set out in the table below;

	Allocated Staffing 2022	Current Staffing July 2022
PO	1	1
AP	4	3
Tech Acct	1	1
Grade 7	2	2
Grade 6	7	6
Grade 5	5	5
Grade 4	7	3
Total	27	21

AHBRA entered into a shared services agreement with the Housing Agency and is currently accommodated with the Housing Agency at 52 Mount Street Upper. The 2022 budget has a €65,193 provision for rent, rates and services.

The amount allocated to ICT in 2022 which is comprised of software, maintenance and development, and consultancy is €209,459.

In 2022, the AHBRA budget for external consultancy was €69,000, excluding ICT consultancy which is included in the ICT allocation above.

The total annual budget allocated to AHBRA in 2022 is €2,474,000.