Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will increase the penalties that will apply to landlords who fail or refuse to register their properties and tenancies with the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18114/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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The PRTB enforces tenancies 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. Under section 9 of the Act, a person guilty of an offence under this Act is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €3,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both, and daily fines of €250, and it is not my intention to increase the penalties at this time.

My Department understands that the PRTB has successfully pursued prosecutions under the Act in this regard.