Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is an absence of some kind of deposit retention scheme, some mechanism, agency or body. There is an absence of strong legislation to improve the lot of tenants and provide for long-term and more secure tenancies. There is an absence with regard to what I had thought the Minister would do in respect of the Private Residential Tenancies Board. None of us wants to see bloated quangos, but the PRTB has a staff of 30 or 31 and cannot be counted as a bloated quango. It is grossly understaffed. The creation of the Private Residential Tenancies Board was positive. The 2004 Act is generally positive in that it sets out the rules.

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