Written answers
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Local Authority Housing
9:00 pm
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 236: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the additional funding he will allocate to the housing services for which he is responsible for the refurbishment of bedsitter accommodation in the Dublin city area and throughout the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13667/11]
Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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All rental properties being let for the first time after 1 February 2009 have to comply with the minimum standards regulations for the rental sector, including local authority units, and no new bedsits can be rented. However, in so far as existing accommodation is concerned, a period of four years to 31 January 2013 has been allowed for landlords, including local authorities, to undertake the necessary remedial works to ensure compliance with the minimum standards regulations. My Department has allocated some â¬78 million in 2011 to local authorities for the maintenance and improvement of their stock. These improvement works programmes include remedial action necessary to convert bedsits. It is a matter for Dublin City Council and other authorities, within their own improvement works allocation, to determine their improvements works programme including any remedial works to convert bedsits.End of Take
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