Taoiseach accepts Donnelly's 'genuine oversight' in failing to register tenancy

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has admitted that he failed to register a rental property he owns with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) in 2019.

The Taoiseach says that he "accepts" Health Minister Stephen Donnelly's "genuine oversight" in not registering a tenancy with the RTB but said he has "not seen the context" of Mr Donnelly's representations to the Dáil on behalf of so-called accidental landlords.

In 2020, Mr Donnelly said he was an accidental landlord due to a property in Sandyford, County Dublin falling into negative equity. Dáil records show that from 2014 to 2017, Mr Donnelly argued that such landlords should be tax exempt.