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

My question is in the context of the forthcoming Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill. As the Minister of Housing, Planning and Local Government will know, a number of families in transitional accommodation in Tallaght were recently issued with notices to quit from the voluntary service provider. As the Minister will further know, the provider issued these notices to quit because under section 25 of the Residential Tenancies Act, the exemption for approved housing bodies for transitional accommodation for Part 4 tenancy rights allows for a period of up to 18 months.

In regard to the Bill that will come before us in the next number of weeks, will the Minister consider a Committee Stage amendment to it to try to resolve this anomaly? It is clear that when the original legislation was drafted, people had not spent 18 months in transitional accommodation. He could fix this problem simply, and if he tables a Committee Stage amendment in this regard, we will be happy to support it.

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