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The average rent for all dwellings in the private rented sector in Westmeath in the third quarter of this year, of those registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), was €579.

With over half of city private rented properties and 82 per cent of county rented properties failing local authority inspections,Threshold Galway is calling for an NCT-style inspection process to place more responsibility on landlords to ensure that their property meets the standards required.

Standards in private rented accommodation and the maintenance of rented properties were among the issues causing most concern to tenants in Mayo and other parts of the west last year. That is according to the 2010 annual report of Threshold, the national housing charity.

The local authority housing list has grown to 2,657 people this year, as demand for housing has increased dramatically over the past two years. Two-bed units are most in demand in Kilkenny

The days of landlords being allowed to neglect their properties and let them to fall into disrepair are coming to an end as new standards to regulate the private rented sector are due to come into force.

Tenants of rented properties and their neighbours must have access to the names and addresses of landlords if they wish to make a complaint and the Minister for Environment must change legislation to allow this to happen.