Queries from Oireachtas Members - Residential Tenancies Board

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Queries from Oireachtas Members

How to submit a query

Members of the Oireachtas seeking information relating to the RTB can email their queries to:  OireachtasMembersQueries@rtb.ie.

We do not usually respond to query from a member of the public is received into the Oireachtas inbox, it is not usually responded to.

Our target deadlines for responding to queries from Oireachtas members are:

  • Acknowledgement: 3 working days
  • Substantive reply: 14 working days

Appeals

To make an internal appeal: you should email: OireachtasMembersQueries@rtb.ie.

The appeal will involve a complete reconsideration of the response by a more senior member of RTB staff.

To make an external appeal to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government: tell us and it will be brought to the attention of the relevant Department officer.

Feedback and reporting

We will undertake periodic surveys to obtain feedback from Oireachtas members who avail of this service and will report annually on compliance with the standards.

The process set out above follows DPER Circular LG(P) 05/16 on the provision of information to Members of the Oireachtas.