Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)

On amendment No. 38, correspondence from the conveyancing committee of the Law Society of Ireland notes that the use of the Landlord and Tenant Act definition will mean that a lease or tenancy of residential property, a small part of which is used for philanthropic or sporting purposes, will be liable to seizure. I ask whether the Minister cares to comment on that point.

The conveyancing committee also believes that the new section 131 will create problems for the drafters of leases in multi-unit developments where it has been common to insert a nominal rent with provision for a review by reference to the consumer price index or a fixed increase in order to ensure that lessees do not acquire rights to a fee simple. For the record, I have in the past practised as a solicitor but I no longer do so.

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