Written answers

Tuesday, 30 May 2023

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Rental Sector

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of determinations by the Residential Tenancies Board which have been appealed to both the Residential Tenancies Board and the High Court in each of the past ten years; how many of such determinations were appealed by a landlord, property owner or agent acting on behalf of the property owner; how many were appealed by a tenant; how many of any such appeals were ruled in favour of the property owner and the tenant respectively; and if he will provide a breakdown of the general categories of appeals to the Residential Tenancies Board and the High Court, in tabular form. [26077/23]

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of complaints made to the Residential Tenancies Board regarding each approved housing body for each of the past ten years; the number of such RTB determinations that ruled in favour of the complainant; the number that ruled in favour of the approved housing body; the number of such determinations that have been appealed to both the Residential Tenancies Board and the High Court in each of the past ten years by both the complainant and the approved housing body; how many of such appeals that ruled in favour of the complainant and the approved housing body, respectively; and if he can provide a breakdown of the general categories of complaints and appeals involving each approved housing body to both the Residential Tenancies Board and the High Court, in tabular form. [26101/23]

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will set out his response to the recommendations contained in the RTB report on illegal eviction requested by him in August 2020 under section 151(2) of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and the additional recommendations set out by the RTB in its cover letter to him of 23 November 2022 accompanying the report; if he will publish the RTB report; and if he will set out a timeline for any legislation that he intends to publish on foot of the report. [26112/23]

Photo of Claire KerraneClaire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will submit a new request to the Residential Tenancies Board to designate Athlone, County Roscommon as a rent pressure zone, given that rents have increased significantly since this issue was last examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26118/23]

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the extension of the €14,000 rent-a-room tax relief to social housing tenants; how it will interact with their differential rent both in terms of how the income of the licensee will be treated and how the additional income to the social housing tenant will be treated for the purposes of determining their differential rent; and the timeline for bringing the formalised scheme to Cabinet. [26137/23]

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