Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 December 2004
429 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the new Private Residential Tenancies Board has enough resources to register landlords as is its statutory responsibility in view of the extremely low number of registered landlords (details supplied); the number registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32139/04]
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Statutory responsibility for tenancy registration rests with the Private Residential Tenancies Board under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. The board is being appropriately resourced. Special arrangements have been made to deal with current demands in relation to tenancy registration and the situation in that regard is being kept under constant review.
As the receipt and processing of applications by the board is continuing, it is not possible to provide a meaningful figure for registrations. There has been a very positive response to registration from landlords generally and the volume of applications already made to the board indicates that the level of registrations is likely to be high. Landlords failing to register will be rigorously pursued by the board.
