Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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973. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP inspections undertaken to date; the number outstanding beyond the eight month deadline by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23565/19]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The Housing Assistant Payment Scheme (HAP) in underpinned by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014. Under section 41 of the 2014 Act, local authorities are required to commence the inspection process within eight months of the commencement of HAP support being provided in relation to a particular dwelling, if the dwelling was not already inspected within the previous 12 months. Local authorities carry out HAP inspections as a subset of their overall private rented inspections programme.

In February of this year, at my Department's request, the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) worked with local authorities to compile data in respect of HAP inspections and the findings of that exercise, including the details sought by the Deputy, are reflected in the table below.