{"id":913,"date":"2025-04-29T13:59:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T13:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/?page_id=913"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:00:15","slug":"how-investigations-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/compliance\/how-investigations-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Conas a oibr\u00edonn imscr\u00fadaithe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"translation-notice no-print\">\n        <div class=\"inner container\">\n            <p><strong>Cuirfear aistri\u00fach\u00e1n ar f\u00e1il go luath<\/strong><\/p>\n            <p>\u00c1r leithsc\u00e9al as an m\u00edchaoithi\u00falacht. Cuirfear aistri\u00fach\u00e1n Gaeilge ar an leathanach seo ar f\u00e1il go luath. Go raibh maith agat as do chuid foighneachta agus muid ag obair ar leagan uasd\u00e1taithe.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div><section id=\"block-block_871663fb9f07bc5e539e2d0bd89abef3\" class=\"header-block rtb-block colour-teal margin-top-none margin-bottom-default\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"breadcrumb\">\n    <span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Bord um Tion\u00f3ntachta\u00ed C\u00f3naithe.\" href=\"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\"><i class=\"rtb-home-icon\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><i class=\"rtb-chevron\"><\/i><\/nav>\n        \n        <div class=\"wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"content\">\n                            \n                <h1 class=\"heading-xl\">Conas a oibr\u00edonn imscr\u00fadaithe<\/h1>\n                <p>Information on how the RTB investigation and sanctions process works.  <\/p>                            <\/div>\n            <!-- Temporary image: Remove after migrating illustrations to the illustration_selection field -->\n            \n                                    <div class=\"illustration fade-up\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/themes\/rtb\/assets\/images\/illustrations\/header-block\/header-illustration-teal-a.svg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"block-block_217ca38dfc2cfaec37c17ce9066be544\" class=\"intro-and-links-block rtb-block  margin-top-none margin-bottom-default\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n            <header class=\"cms-content fade-in\">\n                <h2 class=\"\">Summary<\/h2>                <p>The RTB takes any failure to comply with rental law seriously.<\/p>\n<p>The RTB can start an investigation on its own initiative\u202for after receiving a report or a formal complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Find information in this section about how RTB investigations start and what to expect during the process.<\/p>\n\n                \n            <\/header>\n                            <ul class=\"links\">\n                                            <li class=\"fade-up\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/compliance\/how-investigations-work\/investigation-process\/\" target=\"\">\n                                <h3 class=\"\">Pr\u00f3iseas imscr\u00fadaithe<\/h3>                                <p>The RTB can start an investigation on its own initiative, a report or a formal complaint. This page explains how RTB investigations start and what to expect during the investigation process.\r\n<\/p>                                \n                                <i class=\"rtb-arrow\"><\/i>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"fade-up\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/compliance\/how-investigations-work\/decisions-and-sanctions\/\" target=\"\">\n                                <h3 class=\"\">Cinnt\u00ed agus smachtbhanna\u00ed<\/h3>                                <p>This page explains how the RTB decides whether to impose a sanction and the nature of any sanction.\r\n\r\n<\/p>                                \n                                <i class=\"rtb-arrow\"><\/i>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"fade-up\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/compliance\/how-investigations-work\/acknowledging-improper-conduct\/\" target=\"\">\n                                <h3 class=\"\">Iompar m\u00edchu\u00ed a adhmh\u00e1il<\/h3>                                <p> If a landlord admits to improper conduct, they must complete an Acknowledgement Form and submit the form within 21 days. This page explains how to acknowledge allegations of improper conduct.\r\n\r\n<\/p>                                \n                                <i class=\"rtb-arrow\"><\/i>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\t\t\t\t\n            \t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":160,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"1,1239","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-913","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-17 23:49:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51176,"href":"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/913\/revisions\/51176"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}