Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 December 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Liam Smyth:

It could be both. We do not want to tie the hands of adjudicators. We will try to guide them as best we can with what is drawn up by the executive and the RTB subject to ministerial consent. The Department will help and possibly draw on the experience of the Workplace Relations Commission or other quasi-judicial bodies. Transparency is absolutely what we are trying to achieve rather than closing anything.