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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 5:In page 8, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:“(ii) in the case of a dwelling to which the European Union (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 243 of 2012) apply, result in the BER (within the meaning of those Regulations) being improved by not less than 7 building energy ratings, or”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 6:In page 8, line 17, to delete “(ii)” and substitute “(iii)”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 7:In page 8, line 24, to delete “or”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 8:In page 8, to delete lines 25 to 29 and substitute the following:“(IV) in the case of a dwelling to which the European Union (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 243 of 2012) apply and that has a BER of D1 or lower, the BER (within the meaning of those Regulations) being improved by not less than 3 building energy ratings; or (V) in the...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Deputy O'Brien for withdrawing his amendment at two separate occasions on Committee Stage. There was a formal Committee Stage and an informal committee debate. We went back and forth on the issue so everyone involved is well versed on the different aspects and why we cannot go forward with the amendment at this stage, although there is merit in it. In response to Deputy...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: This is not about "renovictions". We should be clear on that. This is about using the excuse of renovation to get around rent controls. It happens in circumstances where it should not. People make bogus claims about renovation, or the supposed renovation is not renovation but a lick of paint. That has to stop and with this legislation it will stop. Verification will come through the...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: At the outset, I thank all of the Deputies for the lengthy debate and discussion we have had on this legislation and the proposals behind it up to this point, and we had a lot of discussion on Committee Stage as well. We are now on Report Stage and I hope we can conclude this quickly while also giving the due diligence we need to the amendments before us. On this amendment, I gave a...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I completely agree that the deposit should only be one month and no more than one month, and I do not disagree with that as a principle. My point is that while this had a certain priority a couple of years ago, it is not the priority it once was. This legislation does a huge amount. Areas that I think are a greater priority include student accommodation, as mentioned by Deputy O'Brien, but...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: To respond to the question on the extra legislation, we have that scheduled for pre-legislative scrutiny in the fourth quarter of this year. It is the housing (residential tenancies) Bill. It is for those areas that we wanted to address in this sector that we could not address in this Bill because of the other priorities we have. We are working on that at the moment and, in the fourth...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 2:In page 8, line 2, to delete “commenced” and substitute “commenced,”. I propose to take amendments Nos. 2 to 10, inclusive, together. Amendment No. 2 is a technical amendment to insert a comma at the end of the substitute paragraph (a) of the section 19(5) of the Act of 2004. Amendment No. 3 is also a technical amendment to put the new text...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for question, which is an important one. We are all getting questions like this as we are canvassing with local and European election candidates. The Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, is responsible not just for the Valuation Office but also for rates and how businesses are rateable in this country. Work is happening on commercial rates to see what further changes might...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for his question. Much urgency has been taken on addressing this issue. The Deputy will be aware of that and the Taoiseach has taken a personal interest in it as well. The Minister of State, Deputy English, is very much involved. Ms Harvey, who has been appointed, is an expert in this area. There is no lack of funding available; €20 million has been made...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Of course, it is important that we discuss this issue but we also have Report Stage of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018 later this evening. The time was extended to 9 p.m. to facilitate the passing of that Bill. If we are to suspend, we must extend the sitting of the House as well to take Report Stage of the Bill.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Ceann Comhairle has just said that business will be truncated. That Bill is too important to truncate the time given to it.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: State aid refers to forms of public assistance, using taxpayer-funded resources, given to undertakings on a discretionary basis, which may have the potential to distort competition and affect trade between Member States. Ireland has not notified the European Commission of any State aid exemption in the case of Irish Water as the conditions for seeking such an exemption do not arise. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 2 of the Malicious Injuries Acts 1981 and 1986 provides for recoupment of costs to local authorities in relation to malicious injury claims taken against them. Specifically, the Acts provide for full recoupment to local authorities in respect of expenditure where damage, the aggregate amount of which exceeds €127, is caused to any property; (i)unlawfully by one or more of a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service Staff (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1511 and 1593 together. A full time fire-fighter is statutorily required to retire at 55 under the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004. The retirement age is set at 55 due to the physically demanding nature of the fire fighter role. The retirement age for retained fire fighters is 55, with provision for an annual extension up...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. Responsibility for the independent economic regulation of the water sector is assigned to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). As Minister, I do not have a role in determining charging arrangements and must...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1513 and 1561 together. My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. The review is addressing a number of key aspects including sound or noise, visual amenity setback distances, shadow flicker, community obligation, community dividend and grid connections. As part of the overall review, a...