Results 1,061-1,080 of 2,180 for speaker:John Cummins
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: I thank the witnesses for being here. This is a useful exercise. I will start where Senator Moynihan finished. The timeline from when a dispute is raised to a determination being made was about to be outlined. What is the length of time from the initial dispute being raised to a determination being made?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: I am interested in this matter, so please tell me the details.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: Please do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: What is the shortest length of time and the longest in those figures? I presume Mr. Byrne has this information there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: What would be the shortest?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: That was for mediation. In terms of the other areas-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: This ties in with the point made by the IPOA and IPAV. It is borne out in the RTB's research as one of the frustrations among landlords. I refer to the difficulty - obviously with the preface that most tenancies are not in dispute, and we are only ever talking about a small number in this context - regarding those that do end up in disputes. These timelines for a landlord or a tenant can...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: How many are in post?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: The staff number is 109.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: What percentage or number of those 100 staff are involved in the disputes area?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: Those are indirect, outside, posts then, I assume. Is the RTB's phone line operated internally or externally?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: What level of staffing is there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: If I am a landlord, therefore-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: -----and I am trying to register a tenancy now, trying to contact the RTB and having great difficulty in doing so in recent weeks, who am I trying to contact? Is it the outsourced provider?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: What level of staff is there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: These are the same eight to ten people.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: This particular landlord that I referred to has been trying to contact the RTB for the last four weeks and has not been able to.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: The question is whether there are enough staff on the phones. Is the RTB deploying additional resources into this area in light of the difficulties being experienced?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: How many extra staff are in place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)
John Cummins: And the shortest?