Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am not trying to in any way negate the good work that agents do. They do try to streamline the process of a difficult and large transaction. I am talking about the early stages where landlords have gone to tenants and said that, firstly, they have to serve the notice to bid and the right to bid to the RTB at the same time. That process has started, so there may be no agent involved for a good few months.