Meath County Council

The following records in relation to your Council's inspection of private rented accommodation: 1. Details of inspection targets, if any were set, for the number of private rented properties to be inspected by the council during 2016 and 2017 (targets which may have been set at the start of the year)? 2. The number of inspection reports arising from inspections of private rented properties made available to tenants during 2016? 3. How many prohibition notices were issued by the council during 2016 in relation to private rented properties? 4. How many dwellings were inspected by the council during 2016? How many of those dwellings were found to be non- compliant with the regulations for standards in private rented accommodation? 5. The total number of private rented properties inspected during 2016 as a proportion (percentage) of the total number of registered tenancies in your council district? 6. The average duration per inspection? 7. The average cost per inspection? 8. The number of properties which were inspected proactively - ie NOT arising from complaints or concerns raised with the council, nor as a result of the council's responsibility to inspect private rented properties under the HAP and RAS schemes? Details of the council’s policy for identifying properties for inspection? 9. The most common reasons for non- compliance with standards regulations? 10. The number of follow-up inspections carried out during 2016? 11. The number of improvement notices issued in relation to private rented properties? 12. The number of prosecutions brought by the council in respect of non -compliance with the regulations for standards in private rented accommodation? 13. Details of any written policy or operation manual for undertaking inspections in the rented sector?