Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In terms of the regulation of tenancies, what regulations are there? I constantly have people coming into my clinic because they are being evicted. They are told they could be out within two weeks. What can we do to make sure that a tenant in rented accommodation has at least three to six months' notice? If the tenancy has lasted for five years, I was told that normally the notice period is six months but now the landlord can say he or she is selling the house and the tenant has to be out within a few weeks. We need to make sure there is regulation. What are the witnesses' views on that? It is important that people are left there because we cannot find other accommodation for them. I will come back on that. I have other questions on the HAP scheme and the rent allowance which I will address later.