Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

When one is dealing with the Labour Party one must bring the written evidence. The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, tried to tell me last week that expenditure on child benefit had actually risen and that she had failed to support private landlords. One must have written evidence when one is dealing with them now. I have documentation, which I will publish after this debate, that says that change will take place on 1 January. However, it will not take place then, which is another broken promise. Therefore the situation continues as is.

I have no difficulty, in principle, with this Bill. Why should I come in here and bother to vote against changing the name of the Private Residential Tenancies Board, reducing its membership from 15 to 12, and reducing the amount for a quorum from five to four?

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