Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The aforementioned committee had a meeting that went on until 11.30 p.m. the other night. The amendments were in the Minister's back pocket. He could have brought them to the committee but he chose to leave them until Report Stage. Here we are, it is 9.50 p.m. and the debate is scheduled to finish at 10 p.m. Tomorrow the Dáil is due to rise for the Christmas break. We have a dilemma because if we do not sign off on this, landlords will be rubbing their hands, figuring out how to increase rents before the law is sorted out in the new year. Are we going to be here until midnight tomorrow? It is a sham. The Government has made such a cock-up, it is unbelievable. This is the folly of doing nothing for years on rent and leaving it to the last day of the Dáil session. This is disgusting for tenants in this country.

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