Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I join others in noting that we need to legislate in the areas of cyberbullying and online harassment, in which regard it is the intention of the Labour Party to move its own legislation during its Private Members' time next week.

Two years ago in 2015, we passed a law for a rental deposit protection scheme to be operated by the Residential Tenancies Board. In 2015, some 22% of RTB disputes were about rental deposit retentions. Instead of commencing the legislation, we are now told the Government will review the scheme and possibly change the law again. The reason given is that the interest that would accrue on the deposit scheme might not cover the cost. That is a very lame and poor excuse. What exactly will the Government do on this really important issue?

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