Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Again, while I understand what the Deputy is attempting to achieve, under the residential tenancies legislation there is a legal requirement to register all properties that a landlord would be registering. Consequently, landlords have this legal requirement and data sharing now is getting rid of what the Deputy described as the messing, that is, when landlords do not register. It is through data sharing that the Government will be able to achieve this objective.

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