Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Section 16 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 obliges a tenant to pay any charges or taxes in accordance with the lease or tenancy agreement unless they are unlawful or contravene any other enactment. Typically, these may include electricity, gas or other utility charges. Will the Deputy provide the details of the specific case he raised to us? Typically, if a system has been in operation for leases and the terms of those leases are changed with additional charges, an issue should arise. I ask the Deputy to forward that particular issue to us. We will follow up with the RTB and actively look at it.

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