Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Micheál CarrigyMicheál Carrigy (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

I will ask a couple of questions myself. I have been listening in. I remember we had an issue at home ten years ago and got very poor service from the RTB. Things have changed. That was down to the resourcing of the organisation and a lot of improvement have made sense but I am picking up very strongly that the board is still under-resourced for what needs to be done in the future. What are the top three things the organisation needs to represent tenants and landlords properly? Some of this is outlined in the opening statement. A number of things have been mentioned. It was mentioned that 25,000 are unregistered. That represents a significant loss to the taxpayer because a significant percentage of these landlords would not be paying income tax. With all these new rules and changes, what does the RTB need in the next month to be fully resourced to effectively deliver what is needed?

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