Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Amendments Nos. 75, 76, 80 and 83 cover issues about which I feel very strongly about and which I pursued on Committee Stage. Two of the amendments seek to improve security of tenure by removing the sale of property as a ground for giving notice to quit and by moving from ten-year tenancies to tenancies of indefinite duration. I endorse what Deputy Jan O'Sullivan said about the Focus Ireland amendment. I also support Deputy Coppinger's Tyrrelstown amendment because I firmly believe it is a grave mistake not to provide the protections that are currently in the Bill to all tenants. I do not think it is adequate to set the relevant figure at ten, as proposed by the Minister, or even at five as was agreed in the Seanad. I endorse Deputy Coppinger's proposal, which is the same as Sinn Féin's proposal, to set the figure at one.

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