Pat Casey (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The other example is Blessington, on the far side of the hill. Its proximity to Dublin has put it in a massive rent pressure area but it does not qualify because it is part of the local area that extends for 60 km all the way down to Carnew and Tinahely, which is mostly rural. The case must be made as to whether this should be looked at on a town basis as opposed to a local area basis. Perhaps if the Department could comment on those two specific items.

Deputy O'Dowd made the interesting point that Louth local authority made a submission. Has each local authority made a submission, and if so, would that information be available to the members of the committee? It would be well worth getting that information and confirming what is in it.

Does the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, make the decisions about who is in and who is out of that process?