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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 17, 2016

QUESTION NO.10

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

To ask the Chief Executive if the Council will accept BCAR certificates from developers in the case of Part V units, or will other measures be taken to ensure compliance; to ask what reassurance the Council will give to tenants/residents in those Part V units; and to ask if the Council will have liability in the future regarding such units.

REPLY:

For the purpose of units acquired pursuant to Part V, the Council requires that all such properties are constructed to standards applying across the entire development. Construction of the units is monitored by the Council’s Clerk of Works.

As part of the conveyancing process, the Council’s legal representative ensures relevant compliance certificates, duly certified are submitted. The Council’s Clerk of Works carries out ‘snagging’ inspections before the units are acquired to ensure they have been constructed to Building Regulation /Health and Safety Standards.

All units acquired pursuant to Part are allocated to persons on SDCC’s Housing Waiting List in accordance with the Council’s Allocations Policy. The properties are managed directly by the Council or managed on behalf of the Council, by an Approved Housing Body.