Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to raise the role of the Residential Tenancies Board in the registration of landlords. In 2016, a total of 29 people were prosecuted for not having their properties registered.

That dropped to only ten last year. In the area of my constituency around UCC, a survey done by the residents association, which examined the records of 242 properties, found that 142 of the properties had tenants in them but were not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board. We had a lot of problems during the summer months last year around UCC. What action is the Government going to take to make sure the Residential Tenancies Board follows through on its role by making sure that all landlords whose properties are occupied with tenants are registered?

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