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

As the Minister is aware, yesterday on Second Stage I indicated that I am not opposed to the Bill in principle, but I raised a concern about whether it could lead to involuntary sharing of accommodation after an initial period of sharing. Is that something the Minister looked at or considered during the drafting and consideration of this section? If not, is it something he will give serious consideration to prior to the enactment of the Bill? While I have no issue at all with two people being regarded as two separate households for the purposes of sharing, the Minister can see the problem that might arise five, six or seven years later when one wants to move out and a voluntary sharing arrangement could become involuntary sharing. In that case, we would have a separate set of problems to address.

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