Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not know if any amendment has been introduced to give effect to this. With all the RTA amendment Bills that had to do with either notice periods or changes to the rent pressure zones, when any of us attempted to introduce amendments to other parts of the Residential Tenancies Act, those amendments were ruled out of order. If I understand correctly, not only does the amendment have to be relevant to the Act the Government is amending; it has to be relevant to the subject matter of the Bill. For example, if the Government's Bill and its Title explicitly makes amendments to the rent pressure zone element, one is allowed to table amendments only to the rent pressure zone elements of the Bill. Funnily, the only reason I know that is that I fought tooth and nail on a number of RTA Bills where I wanted to amend other aspects of the Residential Tenancies Act and I was precluded from doing so by the Ceann Comhairle. That is a decision of the Ceann Comhairle; it has nothing to do with the Government. It is independent.