Written answers
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Departmental Staff
10:00 pm
Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15338/09]
John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The functions of each of the 7 Business Units in my Department's Housing Division, and the staff numbers currently working in each, are set out in the Table.
Business Unit | Functions | Staff (FTE) |
Affordable Housing and Homelessness | Policy and funding on homelessness; affordable housing policy and delivery | 9.5 staff |
Housing Legislation and Programme Development | Development of housing legislation and associated programmes | 4.8 staff |
Housing Policy and Finance and Social Inclusion | Development/co-ordination of overall housing policy; co-ordination of housing estimates and expenditure monitoring; social inclusion | 12.8 staff |
Private Housing Sector | Residential Tenancies Act implementation; development/implementation of private rented sector standards; housing statistics | 9.4 staff |
Social Housing (Construction and Procurement) | Programme responsibility for social housing supply, allocations, improvements and regeneration; Rental Accommodation Scheme and leasing; implementation of all social housing programmes in certain local authority areas | 23.6 staff |
Voluntary and Co-operative Housing and Traveller Accommodation | Programme responsibility for the voluntary/co-operative housing funding schemes; implementation of all social housing programmes in certain local authority areas; policy and funding in relation to the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability; certification of properties for stamp duty and certain tax incentives; policy and funding in relation to traveller accommodation matters | 27.7 staff |
Housing and Building Standards Inspectorate | Provision of professional and technical advice to support the achievement of quality outcomes across a range of housing and building standards functions, including inspections of private housing, setting and monitoring of standards for social housing, procurement matters and the development of the building standards code | 40 staff |
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