Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 December 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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The wonderful thing about a miscellaneous provisions Bill is that if it is, say, the Residential Tenancies Act (amendment) Bill, everything is on the table. However, my Bill, for example, relates to the deferment of tenancy dates. That relates to a very specific bit of the Act. I was very surprised the first time one of my amendments was ruled out of order because my experience had been with miscellaneous provisions Bills, but-----