Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The Tyrrelstown amendment was introduced to protect renters from eviction in cases where entire apartment blocks of renters were being evicted and when the apartments were being sold. The amendment was introduced to ensure that where ten or more rental homes were being sold together, renters would not be evicted and would be able to stay in their homes while the homes were sold. However, the amendment has proven ineffective as it has a number of get-out clauses that are exploited by landlords. We have seen in the case of Tathony House, for example, that even though the RTB found in favour of the renters and against the landlord, the landlord is now attempting to go ahead with a fresh eviction having used the get-out clauses to pressurise most of the tenants into leaving. It is clear that we need to strengthen the Tyrrelstown amendment and remove the get-out clauses that are exploited by some landlords. My Tenancy Protection Bill would do exactly this and it is being discussed in the Dáil tomorrow on Second Stage. Will the Government support it?

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