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

I move amendment No. 49:

In page 7, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 34 of Act of 2004 - to require landlords terminating a tenancy on the ground of needing the dwelling for occupation by the landlord or by a member of the landlord’s family to pay compensation to the tenant

5. (1) The Act of 2004 is amended in paragraph 4 of the Table to section 34 by the insertion after “his or her family” of “and has paid the tenant an amount equivalent to six months’ rent in respect of the tenancy as compensation for the termination of the tenancy”.

(2) The Act of 2004 is amended in paragraph 4 of the Table to section 34 by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (b):

“(c) and that the landlord is obliged to pay the tenant an amount equivalent to six months’ rent in respect of the tenancy as compensation for the termination of the tenancy.".

(3) The Act of 2004 is amended by the deletion of paragraph 5 of the Table to section 34.".