Social and Affordable Housing

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 February 2019

Tuesday, 12 February 2019

Ceisteanna (754)

Catherine Murphy

Ceist:

754. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 631 of 27 November 2018, the date on which a commencement notice will issue for the project; if his attention has been drawn to a significant delay in commencing the project in respect of the provision of four units; if his officials have met the local authority in the context of its regular quarterly meetings; the issues that were raised and or discussed at the meeting; the status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6580/19]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

As indicated in my previous replies on this matter, the management of the social housing project concerned and all other individual social housing projects are matters for the local authorities and AHBs implementing the projects. My Department is not directly involved with the ongoing management of issues that arise in the implementation of any individual project.

In relation to the specific project concerned, I understand that the local authority has now terminated the contract with the building contractor and is to re-tender the project.

The quarterly meetings between the local authorities and my Department are technical meetings with a focus on architectural/design/quantity surveying issues arising on the social housing construction projects of the local authorities. Contractual issues relating to projects raised at the quarterly meetings remain the responsibility of the parties to the contract to resolve; those being the local authority and the contractor in question.