Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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I appreciate the Chair facilitating me and I thank Deputies Gould and Ó Broin for allowing me this slot. The work of the Residential Tenancies Board is crucial. At a time when so many tenants are under pressure, it is vital they have a route to accountability with regard to landlords who are failing in their duties and, vice versa, for landlords to have accountability. I will confine my questions to one particular area, namely, rent pressure zones and how they are evaluated. I understand the rate of increase of rent has to be above a particular level for two out of six consecutive quarters in a particular electoral area. In gathering the information to make that decision, is that based on the various websites? Where does the data come from to make an evaluation of the rate of increase in an electoral area?