Rebecca Moynihan (Labour)
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Yes. Threshold raised two issues with the committee and I would like to know what the thinking behind them is. One is the exclusion of non-Part 4 tenancies from this and the other is the exclusion of Tyrrelstown amendment tenancies from this where a number of people are selling a whole apartment block and it is subject to the Tyrrelstown amendment that they cannot. What was the thinking behind this from the Department's perspective? I would be interested to hear that. I do not really see a rationale for it but I would be interested to hear if there is a valid reason I have not thought about.

The second is termination in the case of transfers. One of the other issues Threshold raised with the committee is that it would be fearful this would add another ground of termination that does not currently exist. Let us say I own an apartment and then decide to transfer it to my wife and that creates a ground for termination. That has the potential to happen if it is a corporate landlord that might own a couple of companies and transfer it to another company. I know that the likelihood of it happening in general is small enough but if it were a corporate landlord one could imagine some of that happening. Is that just language that we need to tighten up when it comes forward?