Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is very hard to see the rationale behind this. If people are in a property for a number of years, very often they have started families and moving is a much bigger challenge than it is for someone who has only been in a place for 12 or 18 months. If a person has children, they are looking at different schools. There is far more to be taken into consideration and the idea of giving people a little more time to sort themselves out is a rational one.

If I was a landlord and was going to get three months notice, I probably would not look to let it until about 28 days before vacancy. I do not see where the merit lies in this. If someone had to give three months notice to get out of the apartment and I put that up for rent, I would be wasting money on advertising it at that stage. If I put it up for rent there and then, the chances of finding someone who would want an apartment in a particular area in three months time are slim. I would not waste my money advertising it. I would wait until four or five weeks before the apartment was to be vacated because I would not be wasting my money then. I do not see it as a serious benefit to a landlord whereas I do regard it as a very unfair restriction on the person who is renting the property.

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