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Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I was doing so until I was interrupted. The Seanad debates in 2016 with the then Minister, Deputy Coveney, on the Government's last housing Bill were very productive and resulted in actual, tangible changes to the Bill. Many of the flaws in how rent pressure zones were designed, particularly the lack of definition of substantial change in the nature of property for the purposes of an...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: As there is no end time for the debate, we do not need to rush through the amendments.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: It feels as if we are.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I am just asking the Acting Chairman to slow down.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: That is what I am saying. We can keep going until we finish it. On amendment No. 26, I completely accept the concerns the Minister raised about deposits in the Dáil and last night in this House on Second Stage. That is why the amendment looks for a report on the feasibility of a deposit scheme. It is not necessarily looking for report on how we would implement it. Given that the...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: They voted today to slow it down. It is completely hypocritical.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I want make a quick point about providing in legislation for reports to be drawn up. Sections 16(3)(a), 16(3)(b) and 16(3)(c) of this Bill make provision for a report to be drawn up under this legislation. I mention that to make the point that it is quite normal to provide in legislation for reports to be drawn up. In fact, such provision is made in a different section of this Bill.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 2:In page 8, line 34, after “ratings” to insert “and to a minimum BER of not less than C1”. I welcome section 3, which will define what a substantial change in the nature of the property means for the purposes of a landlord seeking to be exempted from the rent caps. The Bill will allow for an increase in energy efficiency, through the...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 4:In page 8, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following:“(b) the works carried out under paragraph (a) have been the subject of a physical inspection by the Board,”.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I acknowledge that amendments Nos. 6 and 7 have been ruled out of order, but I wish to highlight that amendment No. 8 has the same intention, namely, to extend rent pressure zones throughout the country for three years. We are in a crisis and it would be wise to support amendment No. 8 which has the same intentions as amendments Nos. 6 and 7. I am unsure why they were ruled out of order.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I know that.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I was a bit jumbled when I was trying to explain amendment No. 7. It was amendment No. 9 I was referring to as having the same intention as amendment No. 7. I am not asking for Sinn Féin's amendment to be ruled out of order but I may resubmit amendments. What are the criteria for ruling ours out of order when its intention is exactly the same as amendment No. 9? I want to reserve the...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: They are ruled out by the Chair.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 12:In page 11, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“Indefinite Tenancies 11.Section 28 of the Act of 2004 is amended in subsection (2)(a), by the substitution of “an indefinite period” for “the period of 6 years”.”. Amendments Nos. 12 and 13 are similar in that they would both prohibit so-called no reason evictions...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I suspected the contribution in terms of constitutionality. However, amendments Nos. 12 and 13 are just setting down the same legal provisions that exist for people in residencies under four or six years, depending on how long they are there. What I do not understand is the rationale that if people are in long-term residency and have built their lives in a certain community, a landlord would...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: Can I respond?

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: Regardless of whether my amendments are sufficient, I wonder why the current legislation does not extend the same provisions in respect of a tenancy and having no-reason eviction. At present, if someone is in a house for six years, the landlord can ask him or her to leave without a reason, but if he or she is there for three years the landlord would have to meet a set of requirements....

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 13:In page 12, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“(2) Section 34 of the Act of 2004 is amended by the deletion of paragraph (b).”.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 14:In page 12, to delete line 11.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (15 May 2019)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 18:In page 12, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“Further amendment of section 34 of Act of 2004 13. The Act of 2004 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 34:“Restriction on termination of tenancies in buy-to-let dwellings34A. (1) A Part 4 tenancy may not be terminated by the landlord on the ground specified in...