Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government
Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage
12:30 pm
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source
As stated during the Second Stage debate, I support the Bill in principle. I have been contacted by a number of people about the new rent strategy and how matters may play out for them in that regard. For example, will a single person over-accommodated in a three-bedroom house or two bedroom flat which has been his or her home for a long time be permitted to remain in his or her home? I hope it is not the intention to introduce an over-accommodation charge, such as was introduced in Britain under the differential rent plus scheme. If the Minister can satisfy me that is not the intention, I am happy enough with the Bill.
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