Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 April 2019
Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Basically the overall point of the section is the rent transparency register. The Ceann Comhairle's office has made a decision that this would in some way add a charge to the Exchequer. I reject that. Rent transparency important. We want a rent register. In private session we discussed at length how we might be able to do this. Most members were in agreement that it would be a help. Certain GDPR issues were raised and the Attorney General raised some concerns. I was surprised it was ruled out of order on the basis that it would involve a potential charge on the Exchequer.
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