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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)
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-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: Is that for Cork city and county?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: That is fine. In the previous year, the figure was 4,005.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: That is roughly a 20% increase, if I do the maths off the top of my head. Is that right? We have seen a 20% increase in notices to quit in the first quarter of 2024 relative to the same quarter in 2023. Is that fair to say?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: The RTB said earlier that in 2023 there were 109 formal investigations, with 67 found to be in breach of the regulations. Obviously, that is quite a small number. How many were reported breaches and how many were investigations that the RTB decided to undertake itself? Has the board set a much higher target for 2024? Obviously the board cannot do it all in one year but has the RTB a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: Is there a breakdown on how many were-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: I understand the point Ms Crimin is making about the compliance approach. In light of the number of properties the RTB is dealing with, however, 100 is only a drop in the ocean. I encourage the RTB to be more ambitious and to consider a higher quantity. My final question-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: I thank Ms Crimin. I will come back in again later.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: A figure was given earlier of 4,810 for the first quarter of 2024. The point was made as to how there were 48,000 renewals and in the same quarter there were 18,000 new tenancies. How many tenancies were lost in that period? I am trying to get the whole figure. Obviously, some tenancies would have become defunct in the first quarter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: I hear what Ms Crimin is saying but if we have the figures for how many renewals there are, how many are new and how many notices to quit there are, there should also be a figure for how many have stopped.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)
Thomas Gould: Some tenancies might just go on their own. The tenant might move out, someone might pass away or whatever the reason and the tenancy might not keep going. If Ms Crimin does not have that figure today, that is fine.