John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of improvement and prohibition notices served by each local authority over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14404/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2017.  All landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that their rented properties comply with these regulations and responsibility for the enforcement of the regulations rests with the relevant local authority.

Following enactment of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, local authorities have a strengthened legislative framework available to them which provides for the issuing of Improvement Notices and Prohibition Notices where landlords are in breach of their obligations.  Fines for non-compliance with the regulations were also increased; the maximum fine increased from €3,000 to €5,000 and the fine for each day of a continuing offence increased from €250 to €400.

Information in relation to where notices were served on landlords for improvements to be carried out, as well as legal actions initiated, can be found on my Department's website at: .

My Department does not collate information regarding prohibition notices.