Mr. Tom Dunne:

I thank Deputy Carthy for raising this because it is a very important issue. Landlords have got to understand that if they do not register their tenancy, they will have a problem if they have an issue with a tenant because they have to come to the board to have that issue resolved. If they cannot come to the board because they are not registered, they then have to go to court. The court has to say to them, "Why are you not registered?", and they will effectively have to register and bring the dispute to the board. The courts will just refer them back to the board. Then they will have a problem because they will not have registered and there will be, as Mr. Byrne said, an offence there.