Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 32: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that landlords register their properties and tenancies with the Private Residential Tenancies Board. [15634/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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I have no function in the operational matters of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), which is an independent statutory body established under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004.

However, I note that the PRTB enforces tenancy registration requirements in accordance with the provisions of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, specifically sections 144 and 145, which provide for the issuing of notices to landlords and/or occupiers of the dwellings in question and the prosecution of offenders for non-compliance with the registration requirement. Up to December 2010, the Board has issued over 14,000 enforcement notices to landlords and/or occupiers of dwellings.