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

I thank the Minister of State for that answer. That offer was made about 6 months ago and I followed up and wrote to the Minister and I did not get any response on it. There is no point in saying that repeatedly if there will not be a follow up.

I do not want the Minister of State to comment on a specific case but I want him to say if he thinks there is an issue with the RTB failing to act when there are clear and multiple proofs of address and it still will not act. The director of the RTB, Niall Byrne, acknowledged at this week's meeting of the Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage that it is not acceptable for the RTB to fail to investigate a complaint when it does not have proof of a landlord's address. Does the Minister of State agree, therefore, that it is not acceptable for it to fail to follow up? Does the Minister of State agree that it is a high threshold for a renter to be able to provide proof of a landlord's address? Most renters do not have access to that information. What will the Minister of State do about this? Why should we be reliant on renters having proof of the landlord's address for the RTB to be able to act?

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