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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I acknowledge, as others have done, the announcement today by Deputies Shortall and Catherine Murphy and I add my voice to those wishing them well. As Deputy McDonald has said, it is rare to see an outbreak of girl power in this House, or women power as I prefer to say. There are far too few women here and it makes their extensive careers in public service all the more noteworthy. I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Pringle for raising two important issues which are clearly intertwined here - the issue of concrete blocks and particularly the devastating impact that is having in his constituency to community childcare facilities. He made specific reference to Ardara but also referred to Raphoe and Letterkenny. The Department of children is aware of the service in Ardara and it is aware of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. I also thank the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, because it is vital that this is recognised. This requires a whole-of-government approach. This is a crisis that will only get worse. Community buildings, private buildings, factories and farm buildings across Donegal will all be collapsing over the next few years because of the defective concrete crisis....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Keegan and his team for the presentation. I acknowledge the very significant amount of information that the team at the RTB provides when many of us ask for it, both through the online system and over the phone. I acknowledge that because I know folks are very busy. It is greatly appreciated. It will probably be a pity that we do not have the annual report before the meeting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Senator Cummins will keep him here as long as he can. We are normally a tag team. First of all, can the witnesses give us any further information as to where things are with the CSO and the RTB in terms of the correlation or the gap between the two sets of figures? I know one is registrations and the other is declarations in the census. Can the witnesses tell those of us who are too...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can Ms Crimin share with us the figure for registrations at the end of 2023?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Ms Crimin will give us at least one nugget in advance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Ms Crimin should absolutely call them out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I only have 55 seconds left but will Ms Crimin address AHB bulk registration and the recruitment and training of adjudicators? According to the clock, she has 20 seconds for each.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is there a timeline for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: What about recruitment and training for adjudicators?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Given that the report is due to be published, it might be a nice idea for the RTB to be asked to provide a briefing to members after we have had time to absorb it so we can go through some of the questions we would otherwise have gone through today if we had seen it. That might be something we could do over the summer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: I thank the witnesses for being here. I apologise that I have been in other meetings. Is there a need for increased visibility of the RTB dispute timelines? There have been reports that some disputed cases, including those involving serious antisocial behaviour, have taken more than six or 12 months for a determination order to be given. What does the RTB hope to do to address this timeline?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: In Cork, 544 notices of termination were received by the RTB in the first quarter of this year alone. In 2023, some 2,180 eviction notices were served in Cork. Were all of them valid notices to quit and if not, how many were valid? If they were all valid, what was the total number that came in? Is there a mechanism for the RTB to notify Cork City Council about these notifications and if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: That is not a problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: I will ask another question, to give Ms Loughlin a chance to look into that one. I believe the local authorities should come under the remit of the RTB. Housing maintenance is a particularly problematic issue in most local authorities I talk to Sinn Féin TDs and councillors about. The council is a landlord and should be accountable to its tenants. It cannot happen overnight, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: I respect that. The RTB is doing the work under the remit it has been given. Not only in Cork, but nationally, some of the housing local authorities have is an absolute disgrace. Where can tenants of local authority houses who live in shocking conditions go? Where do they have the right to go if the local authority landlord is leaving them in these conditions? We are now saying that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: To go back to the two figures we heard at the start, there were 4,810-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: -----notices to quit received-----