Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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First, on the data issue, we are all concerned that we do not have accurate data. When we got the submission from Threshold on the Bill proposed by the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, it made a proposal that is worth considering. It suggested that if a landlord issues a termination notice to a tenant for whatever reason, that he or she should be obliged to tell the RTB and that the RTB would then advise the tenant of the fact of its existence and the various rights of the tenant. That is worth considering because it would allow for earlier intervention.

I suggest that the local authority should also be informed, in accordance with Senator Murnane O'Connor's point. I think it is the case in Britain that if there is a danger of people becoming homeless one has an obligation to inform the local authority and that it must intervene in some way before a person becomes homeless.