Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I move amendment No. 61:

In page 16, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following subsection:

"(11) House rules shall have due regard to environmental considerations and in particular may not prohibit air drying of laundry.".

The amendment addresses a bugbear for any of us who has lived in an apartment. There is a right to dry campaign that points out the environmental and personal hygiene advantages of allowing air drying which is prohibited in many apartment leases and covenants. We are seeking to ensure house rules do not prohibit air drying of laundry. It is an issue that excites a good deal of controversy on both sides. Having lived in flats around Dublin for many years, I have always thought it is important to be able to air dry one's laundry, yet I know there is an equally passionate lobby against this practice-----