Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (Resumed)
3:00 pm
Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I have a couple of questions to follow up on as well. To follow the line of questioning from Deputy Ó Broin, the RTB might engage with a landlord where a report is made that there should be a registered tenancy, and if the landlord does not respond, it sends a second notice. If we look at the figures, the option available to the landlord is to register and become compliant with the law, which is the outcome we would all be looking for. Is there also the option then for landlords to say they are ending the arrangement and that they are no longer a landlord because there is no longer a tenancy, and they are putting the house up for sale? Does the RTB collect that data? In order to rectify or finish off an investigation, is that something a landlord can tell the RTB, which it can then accept and say that is no longer a tenancy?
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