Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board
Mr. Niall Byrne:
I acknowledge the frustration. We do not want to be the kind of regulator that looks like the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. At the same time, sometimes there are differences and sometimes the proofs required on one side are different from those required on the other side for the purposes of criminal enforcement versus civil enforcement, which is what we do on our investigation side. I absolutely take the point. I am aware of it. I do not regard it as acceptable. We are committed to resolving that kind of issue as a matter of priority.