Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Most certainly Sinn Féin-IRA did that in the North of Ireland and places in Dublin before. This is an easy legal way to attach debt to the income of people who refuse to pay.

It is unfair that a landlord has to pay a debt when a tenant does not pay it. We must ensure the courts will follow the tenant rather than the landlord. For several years landlords have had a variety of additional charges put on them. We should look at attaching the utility company's debt to the income of the tenant rather than the landlord’s property or the landlord himself or herself.

Much of the Construction Contracts Act 2013, as initiated by Senator Feargal Quinn, has not yet been implemented. Subcontractors in the construction industry were hit very badly after the boom and we need to move on to protect them. Some of the developers responsible for putting many subcontractors out of business are up and running again. There is one, in particular, who is working on St. Stephen’s Green. We need to protect small subcontractors.

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