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Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House. This legislation provides for the merger of the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority into a single body to be known as the competition and consumer protection commission. These are two important agencies. It also provides for regulation of certain practices in the grocery sector and amends the law regarding media merges by implementing...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 21: In page 50, line 27, after "period" to insert "not less than 2 months".The amendment sets a maximum period of two months from the commencement of a tenancy within which an inspection of a home must take place.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 26: In page 52, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:"(c) proof that any other dwellings under the ownership of said landlord which are occupied by a private tenant or other household within Housing Assistance Scheme have their tenancy registered with the Residential Tenancies Board."This relates to the Private Residential Tenancies Board and would stipulate...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: Given what the Minister of State has indicated, particularly with regard to section 55, I will not press the amendment.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 31: In page 54, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:"(e) The Minister shall review the maximum amount of rent referred to in paragraph (b) every three months in each municipal district as defined under Part 3A of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended), and, where evidence compiled indicates that less than 10 per cent of available rental accommodation...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I will not press the amendment but I reserve the right to resubmit it on Report Stage should I see the need. I will consider the amendment again in light of what the Minister of State indicated in her comments.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 32: In page 54, line 30, after "offers" to insert "not less than 3".This short amendment would have the limit set for the number of offers a social housing applicant can refuse at no fewer than three.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 33: In page 62, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“52. (1) The Minister shall, six months after the coming into operation of this Part, cause a review to be conducted which shall assess the effectiveness of the measures contained in this Part under the following categories:(a) the net effect on the numbers of families waiting for accommodation to be...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: Based on what the Minister said and the role she foresees for the Houses of the Oireachtas and the committee I will not press this amendment.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 34: In page 63, to delete lines 31 to 34 and substitute the following:“(2) (a) A housing authority may, if a tenant has refused to pay rent for a specified period of no less than 3 months and has refused to engage with the relevant authority, make a request to the Minister for Social Protection to deduct from net scheme payments the amount of rent payable to the...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: Yes.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 35: In page 64, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“(e) No single deduction permitted under subsection (2) and (3) may be made if it would reasonably cause undue hardship or suffering to the tenant concerned or their dependents. (f) The Minister for Social Protection will as far as is practicable notify the tenant of the authority’s request 10...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 36: In page 64, to delete lines 22 to 25 and substitute the following:“(4) (a) A housing authority may if a tenant has refused for a specified period of no less than 3 months to enter into a rescheduling arrangement with the authority, make a request to the Minister for Social Protection to deduct from a relevant recipient’s net scheme payments an amount in...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 37: In page 64, lines 38 and 39, to delete “15 per cent” and substitute “5 per cent”.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 38: In page 65, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:“(e) No single deduction permitted under subsection (4) and (5) may be made if it would reasonably cause undue hardship or suffering to the tenant concerned or their dependents. (f) The Minister for Social Protection will as far as is practicable notify the tenant of the authority’s request 10...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 41: In page 72, after line 31, to insert the following: “Amendment of Domestic Violence Act 1996 59. The Domestic Violence Act 1996 is amended by inserting the following section after section 8: “8A. An applicant shall not, by virtue of the applicant’s legal or beneficial interest in the residence in which the applicant resides or previously resided...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I will not press my amendments. I know there is a lot of cross-departmental work to be done but I do not want this matter to fall between two stools. It is important that we keep it on the agenda and that the Minister of State with responsibility for housing does what she can to ensure that victims of domestic violence are not discriminated...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House. Sinn Féin wholeheartedly supports this important Bill. I, too, commend the work done by Senator Quinn on this issue and in highlighting the case at the centre of the legislation. As Senators will be aware, in 2012, Mr. Justice Hogan found that existing employment permits legislation left undocumented migrant employees of rogue employers in a...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: Votáil.

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2014)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 9: In page 86, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:"(a) subject to a grocery goods undertaking choosing to enter into a contract, relevant grocery goods undertaking shall have a contract with a grocery goods undertaking for the sale or supply of grocery goods,".This legislation presents an opportunity to address some of the imbalances in terms of negotiating...