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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is there a need for additional resources, either for the RTB to be able to contract out additional staff to clear that backlog or additional resources in-house? Prior to Mr. Byrne taking up the position at the RTB, there were issues with delays in recruitment of staff in the RTB and in some of the third-party providers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their interesting answers to our questions. I will revert to some of the data. This may be a question for Ms Gallagher specifically. I would be interested in her thoughts on the estimated figures for last year. There is not a straight correlation between previous and estimated registrations. Therefore, the headline figure just looks like a reduction of 43,000...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I might ask a question so that I get this right. I am looking at the 2016-21 period, or the high point to the low point. Does the dramatic drop from 2020 to 2021 reflect that there were landlords whose tenancies were not continuing but who had been captured in the estimation process anyway? If so, there was not an accelerated drop from 2020 to 2021. From 2016 to 2021, though, the figure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: If there is a reduction year on year, that will still be a net reduction even though new properties will have been coming in, but the types of new properties coming in can often be very different. Many of the properties that are exiting are at the middle or lower end of the market, particularly properties from the Celtic tiger period such as those Mr. Dunne mentioned, while many of those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I was just being optimistic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: When does the board hope to have the data for quarter 3? Will it be next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: My concluding point is directed at Mr. Byrne. He pointed out, as did Mr. Dunne, the dramatic changes that have been made to the legislative and policy framework. This is not a criticism of the RTB, but many of those changes have been made without adequate data, so getting to that point Ms Gallagher mentioned is crucial. Within the prioritisation of the work the RTB does and taking account...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Most of the committee fully understands the value of the RTB. Many of us are vocal advocates of it. We are unique in having a non-judicial body for mediation and dispute resolution. That is a very good thing. I think the RTB often gets wrongly criticised for inadequacies in the legislation or the resourcing. These are not ultimately matters in the RTBs control. I will make a couple of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Just so we are clear, will Ms Gallagher explain why that change is there? What was not captured previously that will be captured from quarter 3?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: As Ms Gallagher knows, we are the people who often put a lot of those data in the public domain, which is why we ask for it. It would be useful if the committee got a note from the RTB in advance. Obviously, we will still be able to read the data across the quarter. If we are looking at vacant possession notices to quit, for example, the RTB will be able to compare that and say if the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will respond to that. One of the interesting things that has happened recently is that an increasingly collaborative approach has been encouraged by the Department. We have the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, housing section working with the Housing Agency, etc. I think there is a role for resourcing bodies with expertise to work together collaboratively. Some of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a strong view that the more independent the research is, the better. For example, we have seen that once home completion data were given to the CSO, all the politics was taken out of the matter, and now we have a really robust data set. Annual registration will do the same for the rental sector, and the RTB will develop a specialism in interpreting that data, which a generalist in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Mr. Byrne knows what that is.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any further routes of appeal open to a person (details supplied) to obtain an employment permit. [58580/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (24 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is correct that a person with permission to remain on the basis of refugee status who wishes to change their name from their maiden name to their married name on their documentation must first change their name on their passport; and if there is any alternative process, given that refugees may feel unsafe making contact...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister for his opening statement and briefing paper. I have some very specific questions on the Estimates. Perhaps we will take them in turn. Page 5 of the briefing document tells us that the voted capital allocation for housing was €2.46 billion. We know that up to the end of the third quarter, approximately €990 million was spent, leaving €1.46 billion...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I appreciate that the Minister will not know until the end of the year but I will ask a factual question. Is the Minister confident that he will get as close as possible to spending all of that €1.22 billion?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a question on that which we will deal with separately if the Minister does not mind.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I appreciate that. I am just asking the questions for the sake of clarity. I am not looking to have a row with the Minister. I will do that on the floor next week. On underspends and carryovers, I appreciate that there is a range of reasons for these. Where there has been an underspend and carryover in previous years, it has obviously meant that certain targets were not met. One of the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have another question which I again ask only for clarity. If, for example, the number of new builds last year was several thousand units shy and if the number is 1,000 units shy this year - we will wait and see - is the Minister saying that those lost units will be caught up with by the end of 2025 or 2026 or is he saying that such a shortfall of 1,000 units may hypothetically be met by...