Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I accept that the process is unusual but the legislation we were planning to debate today has been subject to a lot of debate in the Seanad, in committee and in the Dáil on Second Stage. It was always suggested that the amendment on rent predictability or certainty would be brought forward on Committee or Report Stage if possible. That is exactly what is being proposed. That particular element of the legislation was the subject of three months of consultation, of nearly 500 written submissions to try to get the balance right-----

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