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

In the fourth quarter of this year, as I told the House when we were taking the Bill through, we will come with the second rent Bill, which will deal with tenancies of indefinite duration, the area around deposits and tenants who find themselves in a property that has gone into receivership, or where the loan has been sold to another financial institution. We recognise there is more to do to protect tenants. Every one of the 38 sections of the current Bill protects tenants. However, we have to ensure there are landlords operating in the market as well. It is about finding that balance. As landlords leave the market, more people find themselves in housing insecurity. Doing the things we are doing in this rent Bill will allow us to protect tenants in so many ways, as the Taoiseach outlined, while also making sure we have a European, affordable rental sector, which we are all trying to build. However, it cannot be done in a year or two.

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