Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will start with the response of Mr. Lemass on the RTB. I received a report from the RTB in the past two weeks which sets out the number of cases in which it has taken prosecutions. In 2017, it prosecuted a total of 29 landlords in the entire country. Last year, that number has fallen to ten landlords for the entire country. As such, I am not clear about the RTB in terms of implementation.

I submitted to the RTB an audit of an area in my constituency in which 242 houses in a very small area were audited. Of those 242 houses, 142 were not registered with the RTB. Where is the RTB's answerability to the Department? It gets funding but it appears it is falling down with regard to registrations. I have submitted to the RTB a full list of 142 unregistered addresses. What reports does the Department receive from the RTB? Is the Department satisfied that there is full implementation of the requirement for landlords to register with the RTB? Is there a difficulty with the process for registration given the number of tenancies not registered in one small area?