Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 February 2022

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised)

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

Yes, we should be. We will also expand the virtual inspections. I expect more inspections. We want to get to a stage where 25% of private rental properties are inspected on an annual basis. Therefore, we have approved additional staff for the RTB, we approved the workforce plan and we have a new chief executive in place. It is in good shape to do that. If I were to allocate €15 million this year, for argument's sake, I would want to make sure that those resources are going to be able to be used and we have the capacity to do it. When the Deputy considers an out-turn last year of €5.2 million, with the increase in staff that we have this year-----

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