Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion

Mr. Patrick Davitt:

It depends on the rent the landlord is getting. If the landlord is getting market rent, then in that particular case you will get a market price. If you are not getting market rent you will not get a market price. Going back to what Mr. Murtagh said a minute ago about getting the best price, we are bound by law to get the best price. It is not something we can decide to do ourselves. We have to do it. If a landlord and tenant are dealing among themselves, it is up to them how much money they accept and there is nothing we can do about it. In the Deputy's scenario, that would be the situation.