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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Devlin will join us. He is on other parliamentary duty. Deputy James O'Connor is due to join us. I have some questions. I will revert to rent subsidies. Broadly speaking, one has RAS, HAP and capital leasing. I am going by the Department's Estimates for 2022 on page 9 of the briefing note. Some €293 million is budgeted for capital leasing under subhead A11.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: There is €12 million for repair and lease. The previous year, there was €123 million on rent supplements, not from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, but from the Department of Social Protection. I assume that will be approximately the same amount because many people in emergency situations, such as victims of domestic violence, are on rent supplement....

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Does the Department expect to hit 5,000 new social housing-delivered builds, either by approved housing bodies or local authorities? Will it exceed 5,000?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will come in at approximately half of the target envisaged. I note that in the lockdown this time last year social housing projects were continued. There is one very close to my area and I spoke to one of the officials about it during the break. That continued and did not stop during the lockdown. Okay, Covid had an effect, but it did not close down social housing construction. We...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I ask the officials to take that point on board. We will take a break for ten minutes and resume at 11.10 a.m.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: As Deputy James O'Connor has not yet joined the meeting, Deputy Imelda Munster is next.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: The Department might come back to the committee with a schedule to try to improve the inspection regime. The point raised by Deputy Sherlock is very important. The virtual inspections do not work and there have to be physical inspections. Many of the smaller local authorities do not have the personnel to do it. They might have one person who is shared with planning enforcement, and the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Doyle. The next speaker is Deputy McAuliffe.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputy Carroll MacNeill. I welcome everyone to the meeting. While Covid-19 restrictions are receding and it is open to members and witnesses to attend meetings in person, I ask those doing so to continue to wear face coverings when not addressing the committee. Members of the committee attending remotely must continue to do so from within the precincts of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I welcome Mr. Doyle. As detailed in the letter of invitation, he has five minutes to deliver his opening statement. I will remind him after four minutes have passed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I do not like interrupting but we are going over time, so I ask Mr. Doyle to make some concluding remarks if he wishes to do so.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Doyle for the extensive briefing notes as well. I call Deputy Dillon.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the provision of domestic violence refuges in counties Laois and Offaly; and if a funding stream is in place for these capital works. [8680/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is committed to the provision of domestic violence refuges in counties Laois and Offaly. [8679/22]

Tackling the Cost of Living - Institutional Investors in the Residential Property Market: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I listened carefully to what the Minister had to say but the reality is that thousands of workers are trapped in private rented accommodation with spiralling rents and no hope of ever getting a mortgage or securing a permanent roof over their heads. Figures released on daft.ielast week revealed that rents in County Laois went up by 11.3% in 12 months while in County Offaly, they went up by a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 96. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to address the crisis in the school dental scheme in County Laois; and the progress to date to restart the adult dental treatment services scheme which has collapsed. [7764/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 146. To ask the Minister for Health when the acute beds in the renovated wing of Abbeyleix Hospital will be brought into use; when all beds in the community nursing unit will be utilised; and when the existing staff in the hospital will provide the services. [7763/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (15 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to introduce legislation to allow local authorities to carry out audits on the procurement of homeless accommodation. [7704/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (15 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the suitability and performance of existing legislation with regard to local authorities and their powers to carry out audits on procurement in relation to emergency accommodation. [7705/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (15 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the oversight his Department has regarding the procurement of emergency accommodation at local authority level; and his views on the current level of non-compliant procurement occurring across the State. [7706/22]