Joe Cooney (Clare, Fine Gael)

Regarding payments and how they are worked out, a landlord made that payment to the RTB in mid-May, which they were meant to do, and in early June, the landlord received a reminder that the person was not registered, so they made a phone call and could not get the details. On 14 June, they got a final reminder to say the payments still had not been made. At that stage, they decided to write a second cheque and send it on, which they did. On 21 June, they got confirmation that the payment was received. After that, they got a cheque back, which was more than double of what it had been. The amount paid was €240 plus €10. One can work that out. That was fine. That came back in the post. The landlord could not understand it. Lo and behold, on 8 July, the landlord got another letter saying that the person was not registered. I do not know how that happened but it still has not been sorted despite the amount of time and effort between the landlord and the RTB over and back with phone calls. This has gone on since early May.