Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for the question. The residential tenancies (amendment) Bill is priority legislation. It is being drafted at the moment, and dates have been agreed with the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government for pre-legislative scrutiny. It is my ambition, if we can get that Bill published shortly, to have it passed as quickly as possible and before the recess. That will depend on the co-operation of the committee in bringing forward those measures. As for other measures that we want to introduce to protect tenants in the market, a second Bill is proposed. I hope see that published before the end of this term but to be enacted in the autumn.

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