Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am conscious that while one property owned by a landlord may be considered for HAP that landlord may have other properties which are not registered.

It is important to have consistency with regard to whatever landlord is there and that he or she is not operating differently elsewhere. That is the purpose of this amendment, which seeks to include the provision that "proof that any other dwellings under the ownership of said landlord which are occupied by a private tenant or other household within Housing Assistance Scheme have their tenancy registered with the Residential Tenancies Board". It is reasonable to make this request because so doing will cut out a lot of the messing that has been evident in the past whereby some landlords have had other properties and have operated them differently. I believe this provision might stop this.

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