Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to clarify that we were not disputing the fact that complaints will arise and the RTB will deal with issues between a tenant and an AHB as they arise but most of us would agree that the approved housing bodies would be the more perfect and compliant of landlords in the main regardless of their tier. They already register with the RTB and they send an annual return to the interim housing regulator as well. Our issue is the annualised nature of it. It is too onerous for them, both in cost and in administration. Allowing them to reregister when a tenancy change happens and giving them a potential five-year period would make much more sense for it, particularly as this sector is growing.