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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: I thank the witnesses for joining us and for their time. My first question is with regard to the self-funding of the RTB and the implementation of the new annual registration system of tenancies, which is due in June 2022. Will the RTB be 100% self-funded as a result of this new change?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: That leads to my next question. What is the RTB doing to reduce its reliance on funding provided by the Exchequer? I know from the RTB's briefing documents, which I thank it for providing, that the average tenancies will increase from €6,000 to €7,000 per month to up to €20,000 per month. How will the RTB utilise its systems in order to ensure it is less reliant on...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Okay. I thank Mr. Kelly. I move on to the dispute resolution cases. The board has outlined there were more than 753 as of the end of 2020. How many of these have been resolved? I ask that the board give an overview of the unresolved cases.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Maybe the board representatives can provide, just in terms of the timeline, the average processing time for a dispute resolution case to be heard. I am aware there is a backlog of 753. How many of these have been resolved?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Is that target in line with, or benchmarked with, EU counterparts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: I thank Ms Gallagher. I move to the board's interactions with the different Departments, such as Social Protection, and bodies such as the Revenue Commissioners. How many of the private tenancies registered with the RTB relate to households in receipt of the housing assistance payment, HAP, and how many are in receipt of the rental accommodation scheme, RAS? Do the officials have that to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: What enforcement powers does the residential tenancies legislation afford the board with regard to people who are receipt of HAP? What work does the RTB do on their behalf?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Does the board check to see if any landlord in receipt of HAP is registered through the local authority or the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: What of compliance and any issues in this regard? Has the board dealt with many cases of landlords who are unregistered but in receipt of HAP?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Is that reconciliation done annually? How does the board reconcile, through the Department, people who are registered for receipt of RAS or HAP with the local authorities to ensure there is compliance across the board?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Has the board numbers or data on what sort of providers-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: I thank Ms Gallagher. Is there a current timeline for when the new system the board is implementing, RTB 360, will go live? Have there been any issues with its deployment?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide further details on the efforts to accelerate the roll-out of the national broadband plan; the steps that are being taken to address the current delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10459/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide additional details on the one-stop -shop model of the national retrofitting scheme and the way it will work in practice; if it will be ensured that it is not only accessible in digital format; if he will provide further details on the eligibility of persons with vacant or derelict properties to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 350. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add motor neurone disease to the list of illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme. [10109/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Research Funding (24 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 351. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for research into motor neuron disease. [10108/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to additional tax relief measures in budget 2023 for those working from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9669/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (22 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the strategy for the development of Ireland’s international financial services sector action plan 2022; and the way work by both IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland is supporting regional development in this sector. [9670/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 254. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the help-to-buy scheme figures for 2021; the number of applications; the number of successful applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3049/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason an organisation (details supplied) was not successful in obtaining funding; when the next round of the funding programme will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9415/22]