Your Rights

As a tenant you have responsibilities outlined in your lease agreement. However, whether or not it says so in the lease - if you pay rent you have rights.

They are:

- You have the right to privacy.

- Your accommodation must be fit to live in.

- Rent can only be increased once a year (see Tenancies Act 2004).

- Your landlord should register with the PRTB* within one month from when you move in.

- You must be given/give written notice to leave.

- Your deposit should be returned within a reasonable time.

- The landlord can only withold money for any rent owed or damaged caused.

-You can apply to the PRTB* if you cannot resolve your tenant-landlord dispute.

*PRTB – Private Rental Tenancy Board - www.prtb.ie  Ph: 016350600 E: information@prtb.ie
To register you with the PRTB the landlord will need your PPSN(state ID) number.

** A dwelling in which a landlord is also resident is exempt from the tenancy registration system ie. Digs/ Self catering/ Lodgings.