Mr. Owen Keegan:

I mentioned some analysis work we have started doing on the notices of termination that landlords are required to serve on the RTB when issuing them to tenants. Heretofore, we used to just keep those and do nothing with them. We have now started to analyse them, however. In May, we looked at the notices we got in the fourth quarter of 2022 to see what had happened. There was one question we were particularly interested in looking at. In cases where intention to sell was one of the reasons cited on the notice, we wanted to see whether there was subsequently a tenancy at the property. I have read out the results. In 75% of such cases, the tenancy had ended and there was no new tenancy. That seems reasonable. In 17% of cases, the tenancy did not end. There was no termination and the tenant was still registered as being in situ. In about 2% of cases, there was a new tenancy with a new landlord. That appears to be legitimate. In 5.5% of cases, there was a new tenancy with the existing landlord. That has thrown up cases we need to investigate. This is an example of us using the new much richer data we have to target our investigations. We are examining all of the cases the analysis has thrown up to make sure there has been compliance with the requirements of the Act. That is an example of the kind of work we are trying to do.