Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Private Rental Sector: Discussion

Photo of Richard O'DonoghueRichard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent)
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The social system is there to deal with that. The councils have that responsibility. Ms McCormick talked about the criteria and failing for one or two things but we could have a system that put those under the heading of minor faults and then there would be serious faults as well. With planning permission, there are constant objectors. If we put landlords into grades people could see if they were tier 1, for example, or tier 10, which would mean there were big problems.