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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I apologise for interrupting. Deputy Cooney may be directing his question to the wrong witnesses. Who are you directing your question to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: We will be dealing with the RTB is in the next session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: The answer will have to be short.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I thank Ms Conway and Deputy Stanley. I call Senator Aubrey McCarthy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I call Senator Joe Flaherty.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I might just ask Deputy McGrath to step in for me for two minutes. Deputy Gould is next in the Sinn Féin slot. I will give him three minutes. I will add a few minutes on to the session if the witnesses do not mind to give members an opportunity to ask questions. I apologise for having to step out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I thank Deputy Cooney. It comes to me now and I will try to keep it tight. I want to let Deputies Ahern and Stanley back in for a couple of minutes. Rent increases were mentioned by the representatives from Threshold. What are their views on them? The landlord and tenancy figures are up over the last year. Do they have any comments on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: What about the landlords, because the numbers are up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: We have gone over my time, and I will not take more. I will bring Deputies Hearne and Stanley back in for a couple of minutes more to ask direct questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: Thank you, Deputy. We have another session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I thank the witnesses for coming in to assist the committee. Our plan was to have a full two-and-a-half-hour session with a number of other organisations, but that did not happen. In order to hold the meeting before the recess, we felt it was important to have both the witnesses and the RTB in. We might invite everyone to come before us again in the autumn in order to facilitate a full...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I am pleased we have the opportunity to continue our discussion with the following representatives from the Residential Tenancies Board: Owen Keegan, chairperson; Rosemary Steen, director; Louise Loughlin, deputy director; and Brian Gallwey, senior research and policy manager. Copies of the opening statements have been issued to members. I propose that we publish those statements and take...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: We might get back to finishing that. I call Senator Aubrey McCarthy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: We will move on. I call Deputy Séamus McGrath, who has three minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I will ask a couple of questions myself. I have been listening in. I remember we had an issue at home ten years ago and got very poor service from the RTB. Things have changed. That was down to the resourcing of the organisation and a lot of improvement have made sense but I am picking up very strongly that the board is still under-resourced for what needs to be done in the future. What...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: What feedback has the RTB received?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: At 6.30 p.m., the select committee will deal with Estimates with the Minister for housing. I am sure that point will be highlighted.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I thank the representatives of the RTB, Mr. Brian Gallwey, Ms Louise Loughlin, Ms Rosemary Steen and Mr. Owen Keegan for coming before the committee and answering a strong set of questions. We might invite the RTB back again at a later stage in the autumn or spring, hopefully following additional resourcing being put in place for the organisation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: That concludes our consideration on the matter today. I now propose that the committee adjourn until 6 p.m., when it will meet with the Minister, Deputy James Browne, to consider the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2025: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (15 Jul 2025)
Micheál Carrigy: I advise members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex to participate in public meetings. The draft Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2025 was laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas on 4 July last. Both the Dáil and Seanad have referred it to this committee for...