COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, May 13, 2013
QUESTION NO.11
QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle
To ask the Manager for a report on the operation of the Council's private residential inspections unit; including details of the number of inspections carried out this year?
REPLY:
Responsibility for the enforcement of private rented housing standards lies with Housing Authorities.
The inspections of private rented accommodation under the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008 (as amended) is managed within the RAS amd Leasing Unit in the Housing Department. Inspections are carried out by HSE Environmental Health Officers and by the Council's own technical staff.
The following is an outline of the Council's activity associated with PRTB inspections since 1st January 2006:
1/1/2006 - 31/12/2012
- 5,200 inspections were undertaken during the period between the 1st of January 2006 and the 31st of December 2012.
- 1087 inspections were undertaken during 2012. This included 880 1st inspections and 207 follow up inspections.
2013
- 287 inspections were undertaken in Q1 2013. This figure includes 234 1st inspections and 53 follow up inspections. 111 dwellings inspected did not meet the regulatory requirements.
It is estimated that as an additional 25 units will be inspected weekly from May 2013 as part of an escalated private housing inspection programme that potentially c1800 inspections will be undertaken during 2013. This escalated programme will be undertaken from within existing resources.
South Dublin County Council has the second highest rate of inspections nationally for 2012.