Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To clarify, I did not say that this would not add a burden to AHBs. I said that there is a burden in this and that we would make it as minimal as possible. Given the changes in technology the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, is advancing, if it can be it will be a click button process. That is vastly different from having to compile the paperwork for ten different tenants on an annual basis, which is not what we are talking about. This is one of the first issues the Irish Council for Social Housing brought to my attention in one of my very first engagements as we talked about how we would work with the sector into the future. The changes we are making around the financial costs are vast improvements to what they face today in terms of €8.50 per tenancy. It is recognising the issues they have raised with me.

Regarding Part 5 and allocation, I do not intend to get into that here. I will try to stick to the Bill if I can because we have a lot to discuss.