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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: That is not a problem.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: I will ask another question, to give Ms Loughlin a chance to look into that one. I believe the local authorities should come under the remit of the RTB. Housing maintenance is a particularly problematic issue in most local authorities I talk to Sinn Féin TDs and councillors about. The council is a landlord and should be accountable to its tenants. It cannot happen overnight, but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: I respect that. The RTB is doing the work under the remit it has been given. Not only in Cork, but nationally, some of the housing local authorities have is an absolute disgrace. Where can tenants of local authority houses who live in shocking conditions go? Where do they have the right to go if the local authority landlord is leaving them in these conditions? We are now saying that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: To go back to the two figures we heard at the start, there were 4,810-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: -----notices to quit received-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: Is that for Cork city and county?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: That is fine. In the previous year, the figure was 4,005.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: That is roughly a 20% increase, if I do the maths off the top of my head. Is that right? We have seen a 20% increase in notices to quit in the first quarter of 2024 relative to the same quarter in 2023. Is that fair to say?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: The RTB said earlier that in 2023 there were 109 formal investigations, with 67 found to be in breach of the regulations. Obviously, that is quite a small number. How many were reported breaches and how many were investigations that the RTB decided to undertake itself? Has the board set a much higher target for 2024? Obviously the board cannot do it all in one year but has the RTB a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: Is there a breakdown on how many were-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: I understand the point Ms Crimin is making about the compliance approach. In light of the number of properties the RTB is dealing with, however, 100 is only a drop in the ocean. I encourage the RTB to be more ambitious and to consider a higher quantity. My final question-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: I thank Ms Crimin. I will come back in again later.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: A figure was given earlier of 4,810 for the first quarter of 2024. The point was made as to how there were 48,000 renewals and in the same quarter there were 18,000 new tenancies. How many tenancies were lost in that period? I am trying to get the whole figure. Obviously, some tenancies would have become defunct in the first quarter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: I hear what Ms Crimin is saying but if we have the figures for how many renewals there are, how many are new and how many notices to quit there are, there should also be a figure for how many have stopped.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: Some tenancies might just go on their own. The tenant might move out, someone might pass away or whatever the reason and the tenancy might not keep going. If Ms Crimin does not have that figure today, that is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: I know that but there are some tenancies that do stop.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: I thank Mr. Keegan. On the 4,810 notices to quit in the first quarter of this year, the point was made that not all of those might have ended up with a person leaving the property. Are we saying those 4,810 were all valid or are we saying what proportion of them were valid?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: Yes. I know that much of the data released by the RTB is very positive. I keep a close eye on it. I think the Chair said it afterwards that with regard to where the RTB was and where it is now, there has been a really good progression and we want to see that continue. Is there additional data regarding disputes? In particular, I am interested in outcomes of disputes county by county. Is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: Can a landlord be tax compliant and unregistered?