Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The attractiveness for landlords is that they are dealing with a State agency in the local authority.

Moreover, they do not have to go through that process of having an empty house for a viewing that they have to redecorate etc. The tenant stays in place for the entire time. There is no loss of income for the landlord, he or she sells, and it is straight-on movement like that. It is a clean process like that for all involved.

The valuation is carried out. Who carries out the valuation?