Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number and percentage of tenants in receipt of rent supplement where the landlord and tenancy is registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board. [42479/10]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of rent supplement recipients in regard to the unit size of their rented property that is the number of bedrooms or other form of measure. [42821/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 273 and 285 together.

The Department does not record whether a rent supplement tenancy is registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB). However, the Department works closely with the PRTB to ensure that all tenancies where rent supplement is in payment are registered with the PRTB. To that end, the Department provides details of new rent supplement payments to the PRTB to enable them identify tenancies that are not registered and to take any follow-up action necessary. The Department does not maintain records on accommodation size or property types of individual tenancies.