Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 April 2019
Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Tenancies of indefinite duration is the first issue on which the Deputy spoke. It is the Government's policy to move to tenancies of indefinite duration. As I outlined last year when I was bringing this Bill forward, that is one of the measures we wish to address in the next rent Bill. It is also where we will be addressing the issue of receivership that we discussed with Deputy Boyd Barrett earlier. Unfortunately, even if we felt this amendment captured it adequately and that there might be some room to consider it between now and Report Stage, it is far more complex than the amendment as drafted. We need more time and that is why we have put it forth for the second Bill. I cannot accept the proposal.
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