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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: Right, okay. People are more honest down the country. I can understand why that would be regarding the anecdotes. People are more anonymous and there is not as much on-the-ground evidence in relation to it. Turning to the fix for this issue, I get it concerning a landlord who has been charging a very low rent historically because he has a good tenant. I know people who have second houses...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: Is Ms Conway saying the rents would revert to the average market rent in the general area?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: Ms Conway, is saying that, for example, if I am charging 60% of what the market rent is in an area now, I would continue to charge 60%, go up 4% each year and then at year five the rent would level out and come up to whatever the market rent is in the area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: In effect, it becomes a reference rent of sorts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: Okay, it does not look at the size of the property or other factors. From the witnesses' experience, what is the highest proportion of a person's net income or household income that should be spent on rent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: Would that be of net income?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: I would like the views of the Irish Property Owners Association on top-up rents. Over the past 20 years, particularly in the past ten, I have come across the increased use of such rents. Particularly with HAP, a tenant will pay so much to the council but there is then a top-up payment to the landlord that is far in excess of the amount of the top-up. As a result, the tenant ends up paying...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: Short answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: Where it is an undeclared top-up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: Is Ms McCormick reminding the association’s members of that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: Is the organisation reminding its members of that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: Good.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: On unkempt private tenancy accommodation, the inside might be great and well-kept and the tenant might have no rubbish or anything else lying around outside. There is then the physical condition of the property, however. I could take Ms McCormick to estates and tell her which properties are rented just by walking around. There are some houses that you cannot tell if it is the case, but you...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: What about the payment of management fees where there is a management company involved? You come across situations where there are owner-occupiers of apartments. Some landlords are paying fees and the local authority will be paying if it has a number of units in a complex. I have come across situations where a considerable number of private landlords who own apartments in complexes are not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: This is a really important issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Issues Facing the Residential Rental Sector: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: What is happening means that complexes are going to rack and ruin.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: 23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the steps he has taken, in conjunction with other EU governments, to have the Israel-EU trade arrangements suspended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37865/25]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: 10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he and his Department formally submitted an additional complaint to the International Criminal Court regarding the murder of thousands of Palestinian civilians by the Israel Defense Forces while queuing for food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37868/25]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: My question is on the International Criminal Court. Has Ireland sought to include the slaughter of starving Palestinians queuing for aid in South Africa's case, which we have joined? I welcomed our joining that case.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)
Brian Stanley: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. I gather from it the International Criminal Court has already included this. I ask that the Tánaiste and his diplomatic staff do everything possible to try to ensure that case is pressed. The horror show in Gaza continues. There is bombing of tents with innocent civilians in them as well as of hospitals and schools. The four Gaza Humanitarian...