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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: It says we are looking for a note about the rent-free period for the Bray Civic Centre.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I am actually looking for everything.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Yes, everything that relates to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I think it should also be noted that we do not know when the Government contracts committee for construction, GCCC, signed off on it, but we know that Mr. Quinn was appointed in July 2013. While the GCCC signs off and gives the derogation, that does not give an indication or direction on the negotiations that take place beyond that. That is down to the contracting authority, which I presume...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: We might not all be here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I was thinking of the officials more than us.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: I have questions about the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme for Ms Maguire and Mr. Murray. The documentation given to us indicates that 24,984 inspections were either carried out or arranged last year. What is meant by the term "arranged"? Have the inspections not yet taken place or has a date of inspection been set?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Does that happen in all cases? Yes, it does. As many as 24,984 inspections were carried out. How many failed?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: As many as 2,009 inspections were carried out by Mr. Murray's local authority. From his knowledge of the area, does he know how many failed inspections there were?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: The problem with the HAP scheme is that sometimes the tenants are already in a unit when an inspection takes place.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: What happens when a tenant enters a property under the HAP scheme which fails the inspection when it subsequently takes place? What happens in such a scenario?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Will they remain in the property and be prioritised for the provision of alternative housing?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: I will outline my difficulty. While I do not doubt that the system is meant to kick in, I do not believe it does. I know from my own experience in Cork city where I was a member of the council for 11 years and from people who come to my constituency office that some of the most squalid properties are HAP tenancies. There are health and safety issues, yet a fortune is being paid to private...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Does Ms Maguire know how many HAP tenancies in her local authority area have failed inspections?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Does Ms Maguire recollect any tenant in her local authority are being moved out of a HAP property owing to poor conditions.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Can Ms Maguire recollect any case in which it has happened?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Can Mr. Murray recollect one case in which it has happened?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Does Mr. Murray mean where tenants were moved out?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Because they had been taken off the housing list, were the individuals concerned prioritised for rehousing in alternative HAP properties? How does the process work?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Does Mr. Murray or the Department have figures for the numbers who enter homelessness from HAP properties?