Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Brian Gallwey:

The Deputy is probably aware that in the last year the CSO undertook an analysis where it compared the census data to our data. It identified a difference of about 73,000 that it found on the census that were not in RTB data. It looked at the characteristics of RTB tenancies and compared it to those 73,000, and from that it identified about 25,000 tenancies that had the same characteristics as RTB tenancies. Off the back of that work, the RTB has undertaken targeted campaigns, specifically in the counties that have showed the most possibly unregistered tenancies. I do not know if Ms Steen wants to talk a little more about the campaigns that were undertaken.