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
I do not accept that aspect of it and that is fair enough. On Report Stage, I will return to the issue of a rent transparency register. We have discussed the issue of deposit protection, which is different. We will get on to that because it is important. The Minister was broadly supportive of it. The issue was getting down to specific houses. If it was 14 Main Street in Rush, people would know how much that is. We were talking about a transparency register based on area. I remain to be convinced on that. I will retable amendments on that. Even if it was a question of getting a report 12 months following the passage of the Bill, we cannot just give up on rent transparency. It is important to ensure fairness within it. It is good for tenants and landlords. Much of these data are recorded by the RTB. I will work on an amendment to table on Report Stage.
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