Rental watchdog defends €2m printing and postage spend as part of 'statutory duties'

The spokesperson said that, under current legislation, the RTB is required to send documents by post that include confirmation of tenancy registration which must be issued by post to each tenant associated with the tenancy with a confirmation also issued to the landlord. File Picture: Pexels

The country's rental sector watchdog has defended a €2m-a-year spend on printing and postage which an MEP had deemed "unacceptable".

Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú had been given the figures by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) that showed around €1.9m of the spend was on postage.