Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Yes, whatever it might be, as long as it makes the process simple. Everybody at this committee was of the view at our last meeting that we are not going to see a deluge of these cases. It is one of those measures that we are introducing which is another tenants' right. Along along with all of the other tenants rights we have brought in, it is an important one but there is a still a grey area here with regard to the relationship between the landlord and the tenant in the context of the invitation to bid and the 90 days. Where a tenant becomes aware that he or she is not going to be able to get the money to bid, it is unclear where he or she goes then or how he or she transfers that right. That needs to be set out in the regulations. I know the Department does not want to be prescriptive about whether that is a local authority or approved housing body but we could set that out in regulations and refer to eligible agencies. Would measures like that bring clarity and conciseness to this process? Is it something the Department can take away and look at?