Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a fully enforceable right to maintenance and repairs of social housing within a reasonable timeframe, and a national standard of maintenance of social housing, by way of regulation. [25760/09]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008, made under section 18 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. With very limited exemptions, these regulations apply to local authority and voluntary housing units, as well as private rented accommodation, and all landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that their rented properties comply with the regulations. Under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, the management and maintenance of local authority housing stock is a matter for individual authorities.