Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I refer to the change from three months to nine months. Is that based on evidence that landlords were genuinely engaged in the sale of the property but who, because the property sale was taking more than three months, fell foul of the existing legislation? I am interested to know the origin of it.

Are the two subsequent changes lengthening the period of time from six months to 12 months in both instances?