Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
1:00 pm
Mr. John McCarthy:
On the anti-social behaviour issue, there is legislation before the Houses - it is before the Seanad - the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012, which will introduce some provisions that will assist in dealing with anti-social behaviour in private rented accommodation.
The other issue the Deputy mentioned relates to accommodation standards. There is a very extensive programme of inspections of private rented accommodation funded through the PRTB. Rather than just having a haphazard approach, we try to get local authorities to target those properties that are most at risk. Through the housing assistance payment scheme, coming in under the local authorities, the capacity to ensure the accommodation is-----
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