Tuesday, 30 May 2023

Written Answers Nos. 396-415

Childcare Services

Questions (396)

Carol Nolan

Question:

396. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department assists with, or makes a financial contribution to, the sourcing or provision of childcare or crèche facilities for the children of staff members of any grade or position; if so, the names of the providers; the costs incurred for the period 2020 to date in 2023; the number of staff who have availed of such assistance over this timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25976/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

My Department does not assist with, or make a financial contribution to, the sourcing or provision of childcare or crèche facilities for the children of staff. 

Heritage Council

Questions (397, 398, 399, 400)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

397. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of professional archaeologists currently in the employ of the Heritage Council. [26020/23]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

398. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of professional archaeologists currently on the board of the Heritage Council. [26021/23]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

399. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of professional historians currently in the employ of the Heritage Council. [26026/23]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

400. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of professional historians currently on the board of the Heritage Council. [26027/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

I propose to take Questions Nos. 397 to 400, inclusive, together.

The Board of the Heritage Council comprises members from a wide range of diverse backgrounds and experiences, ensuring leadership and governance oversight for the organisation, and the delivery of its core goals, including the promotion of interest, education, knowledge and pride in Ireland's national heritage.

In relation to the individual disciplines referred to in the Question, at least two members of the Board have prior experience working in the field of archaeology. While no members of the Board are academic staff in a history department at a third-level institution, several have direct experience in the promotion of history or historical places through various means, including in the museum sector. Descriptions of the professional background of each of the members of the Heritage Council board are available at www.heritagecouncil.ie/about/our-board.

The Heritage Council itself is best placed to provide information about the qualifications and experience of its employees, subject to relevant data protection requirements. Arrangements have been put in place by all bodies under the aegis of my Department, which includes the Heritage Council, to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. This provides a speedy, efficient and cost effective system to address queries directly to the relevant bodies. The contact email address for the Heritage Council is [e-mail].

Question No. 398 answered with Question No. 397.

Question No. 399 answered with Question No. 397.

Question No. 400 answered with Question No. 397.

Environmental Policy

Questions (401)

Jim O'Callaghan

Question:

401. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action his Department is taking to improve the indoor environmental quality standards of Ireland’s homes. [26039/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The Building Regulations 1997 to 2022 set out minimum standards for the design and construction of buildings and works to ensure the health and safety of people in and around such buildings. They are subject to ongoing review in the interests of safety and the well-being of persons in the built environment, and to ensure that due regard is taken of changes in construction techniques, technological progress and innovation.

Ventilation provisions are set out for new buildings and buildings undergoing material alteration, change of use and major renovation in Part F (Ventilation) of the Building Regulations 2019 and accompanying technical guidance documents.

As a result of Nearly Zero Energy Building performance requirements for new dwellings, Part F (Ventilation) 2019 of the building regulations now requires mechanical ventilation  in most new dwellings. We have  introduced an inspection and validation of ventilation systems by an independent third party installer registered with the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) or equivalent. The Technical Guidance Document to Part F also provides that information and advice should be provided  to homeowners on how to operate and maintain their dwelling and minimise risk of inadequate ventilation.

Part L of the Building Regulations - Conservation of Fuel and Energy 2019 also limits the use of energy and related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions arising from the operation of buildings, while ensuring that occupants can achieve adequate levels of lighting and thermal comfort as far as is practicable. Part L 2019 introduced the Nearly Zero Energy Building performance requirement for all new dwellings.

Improving energy efficiency improves the health and comfort of those living in dwellings, ensuring that whilst we achieve more energy efficient buildings we also build healthy, sustainable and durable buildings suitable for the Irish Climate both today and into the future.

Minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019 and focus on tenant safety. They specify requirements in relation to a range of matters such as ventilation, structural repair, fire safety, sanitary facilities, heating, fire safety and the safety of gas, oil and electrical installations.

These Regulations apply to all properties let or available for let. All landlords, including local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies, have a legal obligation to ensure that their rented properties comply with the standards set down in the Regulations.

My Department has published an information video and leaflet aimed at educating the general public on the importance of proper ventilation in the home. This has also been brought to the attention of social housing units in all 31 local authorities.

The video and leaflet are available on my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/938bf-home-ventilation/#

Urban Development

Questions (402)

Ged Nash

Question:

402. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason responsibility for the collaborative town centre health check scheme was transferred to the LGMA from the Heritage Council; if a CTCHC will take place for the town of Drogheda in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26051/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The Collaborative Town Centre Health Check (CTCHC) programme was launched in 2016 by the Heritage Council to gather information which would support the regeneration of historic town centres. In 2019 Local Authorities became directly involved in the programme, which has very successfully analysed a number of towns across Ireland in aspects such as land use, vacancy, surveys of businesses and consumers, and a range of other factors.

The success of this programme was one of the contributing factors behind the development of the Town Centre First (TCF) policy, which was formally launched on 4 February 2022. The TCF policy provides a co-ordinated, whole-of-government policy framework to proactively address the decline in the health of towns across Ireland and support measures to aid their regeneration and revitalisation.

In December 2021, twenty-six towns were selected as "pathfinder" towns to deliver Town Centre First plans in 2023. These plans have subsumed the CTCHC programme, with no further projects due to commence under this programme. A Town Centre Toolkit is also being developed to assist in this process, which builds on the work already advanced through the CTCHC programme. Drogheda is not included in this initial list of pathfinder towns.

Question No. 403 answered with Question No. 349.

Rental Sector

Questions (404, 405)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

404. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of determinations by the Residential Tenancies Board which have been appealed to both the Residential Tenancies Board and the High Court in each of the past ten years; how many of such determinations were appealed by a landlord, property owner or agent acting on behalf of the property owner; how many were appealed by a tenant; how many of any such appeals were ruled in favour of the property owner and the tenant respectively; and if he will provide a breakdown of the general categories of appeals to the Residential Tenancies Board and the High Court, in tabular form. [26077/23]

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

405. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of complaints made to the Residential Tenancies Board regarding each approved housing body for each of the past ten years; the number of such RTB determinations that ruled in favour of the complainant; the number that ruled in favour of the approved housing body; the number of such determinations that have been appealed to both the Residential Tenancies Board and the High Court in each of the past ten years by both the complainant and the approved housing body; how many of such appeals that ruled in favour of the complainant and the approved housing body, respectively; and if he can provide a breakdown of the general categories of complaints and appeals involving each approved housing body to both the Residential Tenancies Board and the High Court, in tabular form. [26101/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

I propose to take Questions Nos. 404 and 405 together.

The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as a quasi-judicial independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2022 (RTA), to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants.

My Department does not have the information sought. However, the Clerk of the Dáil requested that arrangements be put in place to facilitate the provision of information by State Bodies to members of the Oireachtas. Following the issue of Circular LG (P) 05/16 on 20 September 2016 from my Department, the RTB set up a dedicated email address for this purpose.

The RTB may be contacted at [e-mail] to establish the extent to which it may hold the information sought.

Question No. 405 answered with Question No. 404.

Rental Sector

Questions (406)

Eoin Ó Broin

Question:

406. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will set out his response to the recommendations contained in the RTB report on illegal eviction requested by him in August 2020 under section 151(2) of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and the additional recommendations set out by the RTB in its cover letter to him of 23 November 2022 accompanying the report; if he will publish the RTB report; and if he will set out a timeline for any legislation that he intends to publish on foot of the report. [26112/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The Government takes illegal evictions very seriously and is committed to doing everything in its power to ensure that tenants are treated fairly, respectfully and within the confines of what is legally permissible.

I support every effort to enforce compliance with the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2022 (RTA). The RTB recommendations for legislative change relating to evictions are being carefully examined and considered for progression through to legislative change through the Houses of the Oireachtas.

It should be noted that the RTB currently facilitates dispute resolution in cases of illegal eviction. Parties who believe they are being illegally evicted are encouraged to engage with the RTB. Its disputes team engages with both parties where possible, to explain their respective rights and responsibilities of the respective parties with a view to de-escalating the dispute.

It is the intention that the RTB recommendations be fully explored in the context of the review of the private rental sector (Action 2.1 of the Housing for All Action Plan Update), which is underway. The review includes a public consultation process including targeted engagement with various stakeholders. The consultation will commence shortly and will continue for 4 weeks.

This exploration will examine the desired policy change, its likely practical impact, the need for any legislative change and whether any unintended consequences might arise. Any proposed changes to the RTA would need to be justified from a legal, economic, social and practical perspective.

Rental Sector

Questions (407)

Claire Kerrane

Question:

407. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will submit a new request to the Residential Tenancies Board to designate Athlone, County Roscommon as a rent pressure zone, given that rents have increased significantly since this issue was last examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26118/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Section 24A of the Residential Tenancies Act provides that the Housing Agency, in consultation with housing authorities, may make a proposal to me, as Minister, that an area should be considered as a RPZ. Following receipt of such a proposal, I, as Minister, request the Director of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) to conduct an assessment of the area to establish whether or not it meets the criteria for designation and to report to me on whether the area should be designated as a RPZ.

The criteria to be satisfied by an area under section 24A(4) of the Acts for designation as an RPZ are as follows:

*  1. the information relating to the area, as determined by reference to the information used to compile each RTB Rent Index quarterly report, shows that the annual rate of increase in the average amount of rent for that area is more than 7% in each of at least 4 of the 6 quarters preceding the period immediately prior to the date of the Housing Agency's proposal, and

* 2. the average rent for the area in the last quarter, as determined by reference to the information used to compile each RTB Rent Index quarterly report, is –

- in the case of counties Kildare, Meath and Wicklow or a local electoral area (LEA) in any one of those counties, above the average rent in the State, excluding rents in the 4 Dublin Local Authority areas, or

- in the case of any LEA outside of the Greater Dublin Area (i.e. Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow), above the average rent in the State excluding rents in the Greater Dublin Area.

Each RTB quarterly Rent Index Report includes a table of the data used to establish whether each LEA fulfils the criteria for designation as a RPZ.

The Housing Agency and the RTB continue to monitor national rents and if any LEA in County Roscommon meets the designation criteria, it will be designated as a RPZ through the process outlined above.

Rental Sector

Questions (408)

Eoin Ó Broin

Question:

408. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the extension of the €14,000 rent-a-room tax relief to social housing tenants; how it will interact with their differential rent both in terms of how the income of the licensee will be treated and how the additional income to the social housing tenant will be treated for the purposes of determining their differential rent; and the timeline for bringing the formalised scheme to Cabinet. [26137/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The Government recently agreed to extend the Rent-a-Room Relief scheme disregard to social welfare recipients, extend the disregard into medical card criteria, and permit local authority tenancies access the scheme.  

The specific details of the scheme for social housing tenancies are currently being considered by my Department. This includes addressing the range of practical, operational, and legal matters arising, such as managing social housing waiting lists, amending tenancy agreements, reviewing and amending rent schemes, and local authority approval arrangements

The commitment to extend the Rent-a-Room Relief Scheme has been included as a supplementary action in Housing for All, as reported in the Q1 Housing for All Report, with proposals to be be brought forward in Q3 this year.

Departmental Schemes

Questions (409)

Maurice Quinlivan

Question:

409. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who has not been refunded money taken by Limerick’s Housing Assistance Payment after their notice-to-quit period ended and they were forced to enter emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26155/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The HAP Shared Services Centre (SSC) manages the collection of all HAP tenants’ differential rents, on behalf of the relevant local authority, and the payment of all HAP rents to landlords on behalf of tenants supported by the HAP scheme. The HAP SSC follows a clear communication policy if issues arise. This policy includes regular and early written communication with tenants, landlords and the relevant local authority.

The administration of the HAP scheme is a matter for the relevant local authority and it is the responsibility of the local authority to make a decision in each individual case. 

Housing Schemes

Questions (410)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

410. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications that have been made by people in Donegal wishing to avail of the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme; and the number of applications that have been successful and unsuccessful, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26161/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The Cost Rental Tenant In-Situ (CRTiS) Scheme was introduced as an interim measure, developed on an administrative basis, to address the immediate circumstances of the ending of the 'Winter Emergency Period' on 31 March 2023. This temporary scheme is available where a tenant faces the termination of a tenancy due to the landlord’s intention to sell the property. The scheme is available if the tenant household:

• is not able to or intending to purchase the property from the landlord,

• does not own other residential property,

• is assessed by the Local Authority to be at risk of homelessness,

• is not in receipt of social housing supports (i.e. the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) or the Residential Accommodation Scheme (RAS)), and

• has an annual net household income of no more than €53,000.

Rents are continued at the current rate paid by the tenant to their former landlord. It is the longer-term intention, however, to transition these tenancies and homes to the standard framework for Cost Rental, where rents are set at a level to meet the costs of acquiring, managing, and maintaining the home. It is for this reason that the net household income limit of €53,000 (gross income less income tax, PRSI, USC and superannuation contributions) aligns with the standard income limit set for Cost Rental housing.

The Housing Agency has informed my Department that they have not received any referrals under the CRTiS Scheme from Donegal County Council to date.

Housing Schemes

Questions (411)

Cian O'Callaghan

Question:

411. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to introduce more flexibility to the condition of the Croí Cónaithe scheme whereby a property must be vacant for at least two years in circumstances where a dwelling is not in a liveable condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26176/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Pathway 4 of Housing for All sets out a blueprint to address vacancy and make efficient use of our existing housing stock. 

In July 2022 the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant was launched to support bringing vacant and derelict properties back into use. 

From 1 May 2023, a grant of up to a maximum of €50,000  is available for the refurbishment of vacant properties for occupation as a principal private residence and for properties which will be made available for rent, including the conversion of a property which has not been used as residential heretofore, subject to appropriate planning permission being in place.

Where the refurbishment costs are expected to exceed the standard grant of up to €50,000, a maximum top-up grant amount of up to €20,000 is available where the property is confirmed by the applicant to be derelict or where the property is already on the local authority’s Derelict Sites Register, bringing the total grant available for a derelict property up to a maximum of €70,000. 

The grant is available in respect of vacant and derelict properties built up to and including 2007,  in towns, villages, cities and rural areas.

A maximum of two grants are available to any applicant, of which one must be in respect of a home they intend to occupy as their principal private residence and the other may be in respect of a property which will be made available for rent.

The property must be vacant for two years or more at the time of grant approval and proof of vacancy is required to support grant applications. There are no plans currently to review the length of vacancy condition as part of grant eligibility. 

When the Croí Cónaithe Towns Fund was launched, a commitment was given that the schemes funded by it would be kept under ongoing review. A comprehensive review and evaluation of the schemes under the Croí Cónaithe Towns Fund will be undertaken by mid-2024.  

Housing Schemes

Questions (412, 413)

Cian O'Callaghan

Question:

412. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many tenant-in-situ purchases Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council is targeted to make in 2023; how many purchases for tenant-in-situ the council has made to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26177/23]

Cian O'Callaghan

Question:

413. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council about a tenant-in-situ purchase (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26178/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

I propose to take Questions Nos. 412 and 413 together.

Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. Our clear focus is to increase the stock of social housing through new build projects delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs).

For 2023, the Government has agreed that there will be increased provision for social housing acquisitions and my Department will fund local authorities to acquire at least 1,500 social homes. The additional acquisitions will be focused on properties where a tenant in receipt of social housing supports and has received a Notice of Termination due to the landlord’s intention to sell the property. My Department issued a circular letter to all local authorities in March, setting out details of these arrangements and each local authority was provided with a provisional allocation for social housing acquisitions in 2023. Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council was given a provisional target to acquire 50 social homes in 2023 and this will be kept under review.

Details of social housing acquisitions will be published as part of the comprehensive programme level statistics published by my Department on a quarterly basis. This data is available for all local authorities to the end of Quarter 4 2022 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/ .

While data published to date does not include a breakdown of properties acquired where a tenant has received a Notice of Termination due to the landlord’s intention to sell the property, from Q1 2023 an amendment has been made to my Department's statistical returns to collect information in this regard. This data is currently being collated and will be published in due course.

With regard to the case referenced, as Minister, I am precluded by housing legislation from intervening in relation to the procedures followed, or decisions made, by local authorities in the provision of social housing support regarding any individual application. However, I am informed that the household in question have been provided with an offer of an allocation from local authority stock.

Question No. 413 answered with Question No. 412.

Rental Sector

Questions (414)

Eoin Ó Broin

Question:

414. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm whether changes have been made to guidance for dealing with HAP tenants in arrears in their differential rent; and if so, if he will outline the changes. [26187/23]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The Government agreed on 7 March that the ‘Winter Emergency Period’ would come to an end on 31 March 2023, with deferred tenancy terminations taking effect over a staggered period from 1 April to 18 June 2023 as planned and legislated for. 

Additional mitigation measures were also agreed in order to ease the impact of the end of the winter emergency period, including to amend the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) to guarantee payment to landlords where the tenant defaults on payment of differential rent, effective from 1 May 2023.

Tenants in the HAP scheme are required to sign a rent contribution agreement to pay a weekly rental contribution to the relevant local authority, in line with the local authority’s differential rent scheme. As set out in the rent contribution agreement, this weekly rental contribution must be paid by them so that they remain eligible for the HAP scheme.

From 1 May 2023 when a HAP tenant defaults on their differential rent payment to the local authority they will be offered the option of a payment plan to assist them in maintaining their tenancy and allow the HAP payment to the landlord to continue.

If the tenant defaults on payment of differential rent or the payment plan, under the Landlord Payment Guarantee, the HAP payment to the landlord will be guaranteed for a 12 month period or earlier if the tenancy ends. The Landlord Guarantee will only be applicable to tenancies reaching suspension stage of the debt management process from the 1 May 2023.  

The implementation of this measure should encourage landlords to remain in the private rental market and make properties available for HAP tenants.

Departmental Expenditure

Questions (415)

Ivana Bacik

Question:

415. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount paid by his Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms and consultants in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26235/23]

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51:

Details of the amounts paid by my Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms and consultants in 2022 are set out in the table below.

Firm		Category		Spend (ex VAT)
	Aecom Ireland Limited		Consultancy	€80,045.00
	Atlantic Technological University		Consultancy	€10,282.00
	Behaviour and Attitudes		Consultancy	€50,000.00
	Bruce McCormack Consulting		Consultancy	€15,320.00
	Byrne Biodiversity Ltd.		Consultancy	€900.00
	Carla Mateus		Consultancy	€49,000.00
	Christopher McMahon		Consultancy	€1,800.00
	Christopher Mills		Consultancy	€7,565.00
	Cliodhna Bairéad		Consultancy	€4,800.00
	Conor Quinn B.L		Consultancy	€107,717.00
Conor Quinn Barrister-at-Law		Legal		€107,717.52
	DBFL Consulting Engineers Ltd		Consultancy	€25,000.00
	Dr. Carol Westrik, Westrik Consultancy		Consultancy	€7,000.00
	Dr. Jill Alison Sheridan Skinner		Consultancy	€4,984.00
	Dr. William P Megarry		Consultancy	€3,658.00
	Ernst & Young		Consultancy	€61,499.00
	Faith Wilson Ecological Consultant		Consultancy	€2,460.00
	Fehily Timoney & Company		Consultancy	€4,337.00
	Finn Keys		Consultancy	€12,920.00
	Geo-Directory		Consultancy	€6,150.00
Harney Nolan Chartered Accountants		Accountancy		€10,610.00
	Hilary Hogan		Consultancy	€12,000.00
	ICOMOS Ireland		Consultancy	€6,600.00
	Institute Of Public Administration (IPA)		Consultancy	€24,908.00
	Jamie McLoughlin		Consultancy	€3,900.00
	Jane Jackson		Consultancy	€2,325.00
	KHSK Economic Consultants		Consultancy	€10,793.00
	KHSK Economic Consultants		Consultancy	€13,192.00
	KPMG		Consultancy	€57,466.00
	Land Use Consultants Ltd		Consultancy	€7,914.00
	Land Use Consultants Limited		Consultancy	€31,732.00
	Maeve Thornberry & Associates		Consultancy	€6,870.00
Mazars		Accountancy		€47,560.00
	Minogue Environmental Consultants		Consultancy	€1,599.00
	Mitchell McDermott Cost Consultants		Consultancy	€92,757.00
	Mr. Donal Daly		Consultancy	€1,170.00
	O' Keeffe Social Research		Consultancy	€6,642.00
	Ove Arup & Partners Ireland Ltd		Consultancy	€8,795.00
	Ove Arup & Partners Ireland Ltd (Arup)		Consultancy	€4,797.00
	Ove Arup & Partners Ireland Ltd (Arup)		Consultancy	€5,597.00
Padraic O'Maille [Facilitator]		HR		€1,000.00
	Power Design Associates Ltd		Consultancy	€18,056.00
Professor Robert Kirk		Accountancy		€460.00
	Remy Farrell S.C.		Consultancy	€43,618.00
	Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers		Consultancy	€46,645.00
	RPS Consulting Engineers Limited		Consultancy	€18,137.00
	RPS Consulting Engineers Limited		Consultancy	€126,346.00
	RPS Consulting Engineers Ltd		Consultancy	€33,457.00
	RPS Consulting Engineers Ltd		Consultancy	€66,826.00
	Sarah Sheridan		Consultancy	€2,800.00
	Simon Beale & Associates		Consultancy	€1,213.00
	TASC		Consultancy	€4,400.00
	TASC		Consultancy	€5,200.00
	The Economic & Social Research Institute		Consultancy	€107,980.00
	TOBIN Consulting Engineers		Consultancy	€73,764.00
	University College Dublin		Consultancy	€6,150.00
	Wetland Surveys Ltd.		Consultancy	€5,812.00
	Wildeye Ltd.		Consultancy	€9,310.00

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.