Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. It is the responsibility of the Residential Tenancies Board to make sure properties are registered. There seem to be a lot of unregistered properties, from my own sense of things, particularly in our city centres, including Dublin and Cork, and that is a real problem in terms of taxes unpaid and tenants being unprotected. I know the board has received a significant increase in budget in recent years so that it can carry out inspections and take enforcement action. From what the Deputy is telling me, obviously, more needs to be done. I will certainly speak to the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, about that and ask him to talk to the Deputy directly to see what we can do in the interim.

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