Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 December 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

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

Mr. Liam Smyth:

If somebody has one property, they are not giving a right to somebody to live in one room. They are selling it vacant. If someone owns an apartment block of nine units and they want to sell it with the nine vacant, then having somebody in No. 8 could potentially devalue it.