Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will check out that point. It is a good point. I understand if they had paid in advance above the two months and availed of the 28-day notice period, any rent paid past that date should be refundable. I will double-check that with officials this evening and respond to Deputies. We need to further clarify but that is my understanding of how it is read right now. The notice period is there for a valid reason. We learned valuable lessons through Covid, particularly with students who paid semesters up front and were not able to access their campus. Generally, there is a willingness in the sector to rectify this. It was difficult for the students and their families who paid out a lot of money and there was a degree of adverse publicity around it. It has done some reputational damage that others would not want to see happen again. We will double-check that and revert to Deputies tomorrow.

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