Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 130, 135 and 136 of 29 September 2016, the number of local authority homes in each local authority for each of the years 2011 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular form; the corresponding number of annual boiler services that have been carried out in these same local authority homes; if he is satisfied that local authorities are fulfilling this specific aspect of their legal requirements as landlords; the steps he will take in order to ensure full compliance by the State and the local authorities as the largest landlord in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29777/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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As indicated in the reply to previous Parliamentary Questions ( Numbers 130, 135 and 136 of 29 September 2016 ), minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008, as amended by the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) (Amendment) Regulations 2009, made under section 18 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. The Regulations specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repairs, sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, natural light and safety of gas and electrical supply. With very limited exemptions, these regulations apply to local authority and voluntary housing units as well as private rented residential accommodation. While all landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that their rented properties comply with these regulations, there is no requirement to carry out an annual service of home heating boilers.

The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including the implementation of planned maintenance programmes and carrying out of responsive repairs and pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, is a matter for each individual local authority under section 58 of the Housing Act, 1966 and is not directly funded by my Department.