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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: If we had accepted that amendment, it would have undone Part 4 of the 2004 Act, which currently gives the bulk of the protections to tenants when it comes to section 34 and notice to quit periods. By accepting the Labour Party amendment, we would have undone the existing protections.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In the fourth quarter of this year, as I told the House when we were taking the Bill through, we will come with the second rent Bill, which will deal with tenancies of indefinite duration, the area around deposits and tenants who find themselves in a property that has gone into receivership, or where the loan has been sold to another financial institution. We recognise there is more to do to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I cannot talk about an individual planning application which is under review but we should not rush to judgment on the basis of one planning application. The Deputy might have raised this last Thursday but I talked about these guidelines a year and half ago, and they were welcomed then because they have been successful in other cities for some people who want that choice, and this is about...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: These are new guidelines and the first applications are coming in. Of course, we will keep them under review but they were developed looking at best practice abroad. I believe the interpretation of them is straightforward in terms of what we are trying to achieve and the benefits they will bring to people, who are perhaps only going to be working for a short period in this country or who...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: That is not a decision the Deputy gets to make.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: What we are trying to do is provide choices for the people who are looking for homes.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. Sinn Féin needs to pay closer attention to the housing market because the guidelines were actually announced and introduced a year and a half ago. They are not a response to the crisis in and of themselves. We are trying to build a future housing market that provides choices for every type of person in this country. It is not an attempt to bring...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: What about the workers?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Not tomorrow.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: They have private bathrooms.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: That is not true.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Deputy has abandoned the facts.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Senators for their contributions. I obtained agreement from the Cabinet this morning on a motion for early signature by the President. The legislation will go to the President for signing once we have concluded our proceedings, which this means that it will come into effect as quickly as possible. I wish to touch upon a couple of points but not necessarily in the order in which...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I appreciate the Senator's point. If the property is in as poor a condition as the Senator states it is, needs significant works but is still unable to get around the BER exemption, it cannot have been let on the market any time soon. In which case, when the landlord brings it to market after the works are done, he or she will be able to set it at a market rent. That will not change. That...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Senator Warfield for proposing these amendments and those who spoke on them. I will deal with the issues raised and speak to amendments Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, as they are related and grouped together. On the ability to serve a notice to quit when somebody wants to sell a property, we going over ground we have covered already in the Seanad. It is the case that if someone has a...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The amendment on AHBs on which Senator Murnane O'Connor spoke has been ruled out of order.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: We are speaking on the amendments related to short-term letting. What Senator Humphreys is trying to do with these amendments is the right way to go about this. Unfortunately, the regulation of online platforms in this area does not fall under the remit of my Department or the Revenue Commissioners. That does not mean that our work stops with the enforcement procedures we will introduce in...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Co-operation is key and it happens across many aspects of Government, because life does not fall into the silos of Government Departments. I could not risk any unnecessary delays, as there have been enough already, and I had to progress with the planning laws, as per my responsibility. I knew I could do that within a certain time horizon. On enforcement, a breach of planning laws is very...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Our bathing water quality in Ireland is generally of a high standard – the most recent EPA report on Bathing Water Quality in Ireland for 2017 classed 93% of our designated coastal and lake beaches as meeting the minimum standard of sufficient water quality as defined under the Bathing Water Quality Regulations, and almost 85% classed as either ‘good’ or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (21 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 643 and 653 together. The new Enhanced Leasing Scheme has been developed by my Department, together with the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA), the Housing Agency and local authorities, following market engagement. It has been designed to harness the potential of private sector interest in social housing delivery in a new set of long-term leasing...