Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which he proposes to regulate the rent a room scheme in view of the fact there is very little regulation in place in this sector to protect tenants renting rooms in such properties. [11245/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector. The Act applies to every dwelling that is the subject of a tenancy, subject to a limited number of exceptions. The dwellings to which the Act does not apply are set out in section 3(2) of the Act. Where the owner of a dwelling, residing in that dwelling, lets a room, that letting is not considered to be a tenancy within the meaning of the Residential Tenancies Act. I have no plans at this time to amend the Act in this regard but will keep the matter under review.