PJ Murphy (Fine Gael)

I am from the south Galway area of the Gort-Kinvara municipal district, which is rural rent pressure zone within commuting distance of Galway city. In recent years, there has been a noticeable trend in the area regarding accident landlords. I refer here to people who came into ownership of houses as a result of family bereavements. Some of these people rented their properties to a single tenant, considered it to be a bad experience and once the tenancy finished, never re-entered the rental market again. The houses involve are often left vacant. That is becoming an increasing trend in the rent pressure zone in south Galway. As representatives of property owners, what do the witnesses see as a means of making the experience of being a landlord for these people who never intended to be landlords better? What could be done to bring these houses back into the rental market?