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)
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
Let me give an example. This is why the affidavit or statutory declaration is important. A slip on a notice of termination could relate to a signature, but a signature on a statutory declaration is different. For example, I do not think the slip rule should be applied to the absence of a signature on a statutory declaration because that is one of the most important parts of the document to demonstrate the legal witness. That is the kind of guidance in which I am interested. There may be certain categories of slip that are, on the balance of probabilities, reasonable in a letter but that would not be reasonable in a statutory declaration. Does Ms Comer see that?