Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 November 2004
227 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the low number of rented properties being registered with the new residential tenancies board in view of the fact that only approximately 5,000 out of an estimated 150,000 have been registered to date. [30572/04]
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Statutory responsibility for tenancy registration rests with the private residential tenancies board, which was established under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. The registration process is under way, but still incomplete. My Department understands that there has been a positive response to registration from landlords generally and that the board is actively assisting landlords to meet their registration responsibilities. Landlords failing to register will be rigorously pursued by the board.
