Mr. Niall Byrne:

The same protections apply to all tenants who have the benefit of being within the scheme of regulated tenancies. There is no discrimination or difference between tenants. The RTB does not take any of that into account, nor should we. Any tenant who believes they have a dispute in relation to a landlord, be they a private tenant, a HAP-supported tenant or a tenant of an approved housing body, AHB, has the same right to raise a dispute with the RTB and then we carry out our functions with that, across the board.