Mr. Niall Byrne:

As the Deputy probably knows, local authorities are responsible for the inspection against the standards for rental properties. That is done by the local authorities across the State against specific standards that have been drawn up. The RTB does not have a direct involvement in it. It turns generally turns up in the disputes function under the heading of standard and maintenance of dwellings or sometimes under breach of landlord obligations. Roughly one in five of the disputes that come to us would have some kind of standards dimension to them. I think I am correct in that. Landlord obligations sometimes comes in under that heading as well.