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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 14, 2022

QUESTION NO. 19

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive for an report into the councils inspections of private rented accommodation by private contractor, to include length of contract and number of houses involved?

REPLY:

As per the most recent Residential Tenancy Board Tenancy Register figures provided to this Council, there are 17,079 registered tenancies in South Dublin County. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage now require 25% of tenancies to be inspected per annum equating to a target of 4,270 for 2022.

Inspections are conducted by both external contractors and Environmental Health Offices (EHOs).  Our external contractors carry out inspections in respect of all rental property types including private rented properties, HAP rental and Approved Housing Body properties registered with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) while EHOs undertake inspections of RAS properties as well as any inspections relating to complaints, improvement notices and/or prosecution notices.

The external contractor was procured in April 2019 and will undertake over 4,000 inspections during 2022.  The contract can potentially be extended up to April 2024 depending on performance and other relevant considerations.