Mr. Patrick Davitt:

We do not have figures on how many landlords are leaving the market. The body I spoke about earlier is supposed to have the figures but it does not have them either, which is very unfortunate. The Deputy spoke about the 90 days for tenancies of up to six months but when any tenant takes a property, they take it on the basis that there is a six-month probation period for the landlord. Why would they want 90 days to get out at the end of that six-month period? That is beyond me. I cannot believe it. If somebody takes the property, they know very well about the period of six months. Why would they need another 30 days at the end of the six months? They should be prepared to go into a property and the landlord has permission to put those tenants out after six months if they do not get on with them, are not happy with them or if they are not paying the rent etc. Those are the only reasons a landlord would want to put somebody out prior to the six months and now they have to wait for 90 days. I do not believe there is one case where somebody is looking to eject a tenant and it actually works in the timeframe the Deputy is speaking about. It could add 90 days again and again, up to 200 days. We are talking about years here, not days.