Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy raised the matter, I should point out that the Minister of State with responsibility for housing and planning, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, recently met representatives of the Irish Banking Federation and agreed a draft guide for tenants regarding rent receivers and the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants under the Residential Tenancies Act. This guide, which has the imprimatur and support of the Irish Banking Federation, will be rolled out across all the covered institutions in the coming months. This is an important development in that the financial institutions will be made aware of their responsibilities towards tenants in cases where the property in which they reside has been taken over by a receivership. The guide is backed up by the Irish Banking Federation. We will monitor closely what effect this initiative will have and I believe it will make a difference. The Deputy's observations will be forwarded to the Minister of State immediately.

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