Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 December 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.

9:30 am

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If the Deputy submits a parliamentary question requesting it, I will provide it. This analysis relates to tenancies exiting HAP. Some 9,050 have exited HAP since it was established, of which 3,548 were tenant-led exits. The reason for this includes voluntary exit, deceased tenant, working in a different area, a change in family composition, educational reasons and anti-social behaviour in regard to a third party not living in the home. In regard to landlord exits, 2,624 landlords have exited HAP.

That has related to notice being given to a tenant, selling of a property, receivership and monthly rent increases happening. There were 1,765 exits from HAP to other forms of social housing. Some 1,113 exits have related to compliance, non-payment of rent, anti-social behaviour and such. There is a tax clearance certificate relating to property standards. Every quarter, we are getting more detailed information on HAP because we have an excellent system being run from Limerick, which we are always trying to improve. It allows us to produce these very detailed reports which the Deputy does not have because he is not a member of the committee. I apologise since I knew he would be in attendance and it would have made sense to give it to him in advance. We can and no doubt will have a more detailed discussion next time.

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