Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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I want to follow Senator Moynihan's questions on several apartments or homes being sold and the exemption in the Bill. In such a case a renter does not get the first right to make a bid, or however we want to put it, that is available in the Bill. Is there a concern about the Bill being discriminatory or arbitrary in giving different rights to different people? This is with regard to landlords and renters. It will be arbitrary based simply on the number of homes a landlord owns together. I can see there is a logic if 100 apartments in one block are being sold en masse, but if there is simply a group of homes or apartments being sold, would this not be potentially difficult legal grounds for us? There would be a different set of rights arbitrarily based on the number of homes someone owns.