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

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

We have an amendment later which will propose that, to be deemed significant, there should be two criteria for BER improvements. One should be that it goes to the top two categories and the other is that it should jump three points. That is a tighter way of doing it and will ensure it will genuinely make a difference, rather than simply ticking a box.

I can see potential for messing in regard to the internal layout. I believe they are doing this across the road from me at the moment. I do not think there will be any substantial change to the size of the apartments in question but I am certain they are going to ask to go beyond the RPZ limits. I would be highly surprised, however, if anything dramatic has changed but they might manage to get through these tests.

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