Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for that response. I want to be very clear that this is just one example of hundreds. If one talks to Threshold or to anyone working in this area, there are hundreds of renters where the RTB will not help progress a case and will refuse point blank to do so if the landlord is not registered or if the renter cannot provide proof of the landlord’s address. It is utterly unacceptable that the RTB is refusing to help.

What are the Minister of State and the Government going to do to sort this out and to get the RTB to use the powers under legislation that it has? It is not doing it at the moment; be very clear about that. It is leaving renters high and dry. These are the very landlords, the rogue landlords who will not register, who are behaving in such a manner and are the very ones the RTB should be pursuing. For them to be getting through the cracks is deeply unfair on renters and deeply unfair on landlords who do comply with regulations. What is the Minister of State going to do about this?

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