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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: That would really only apply in cases of fewer than ten units because the Tyrrelstown amendment would kick in anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It would only apply to smaller apartment blocks, of which there are quite a number in Senator Cummins’s constituency, for example. Someone mentioned pre-1965 buildings. Would it apply to those? If someone had a residential home but had entered into four separate tenancy agreements – not licence agreements – in respect of it and was now selling the home, the subsection...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: In the first instance, I was talking about bedrooms in a house with shared facilities where each occupant had a free-standing tenancy agreement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I do not mean where the landlord lives. If a landlord has a house in Dublin – it has a kitchen, two bathrooms and four bedrooms – with four separate tenancy agreements and the landlord is selling, the landlord issues four notices of termination on grounds of sale.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: My point is not for or against. In that instance, would subsection (c)(v) not apply?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: The point is, it provides an exemption. I am not arguing for or against it. I just want to be clear on the circumstances. Such tenancies would be exempt from the provisions of this Bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will make two final points. I thank the Cathaoirleach for his indulgence. It was good to hear the data on the number of cases in which the slip rule had been applied. If the witnesses were in a position to share it with the committee, that would be useful. I understand the logic of the rule, but a statutory declaration is of a different order than a letter. If the Department is going...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Let me give an example. This is why the affidavit or statutory declaration is important. A slip on a notice of termination could relate to a signature, but a signature on a statutory declaration is different. For example, I do not think the slip rule should be applied to the absence of a signature on a statutory declaration because that is one of the most important parts of the document to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: My final question relates to the Supreme Court judgment. I appreciate the RTB is asking the Department to deal with this issue. When we get the explanatory memorandum to the legislation, that will be a valuable place to highlight the kinds of things we are talking about. The RTB must conduct its business in a manner that is constitutionally appropriate and in line with Supreme Court...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a lot of sympathy for what Senator Cummins is saying. This is something that would benefit both good landlords and good tenants. I am of the view that RTB determinations should be enforceable, particularly up to a certain level of value. I know that Attorneys General over a number of Governments would probably disagree but the real issue here is whether there are certain levels of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, but they still have to go to court and that can take 12 months.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I suspect the Minister might take a different view but that is a separate matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: A statutory declaration would do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: In fairness to Senator Cummins, before the meeting started we had a discussion about this when we were told the LDA was not coming in. I very much share Senator Cummins's views but just to share what I said earlier, we should write back to the LDA and make it very clear that as a committee we are deeply disappointed. We should insist that they come in next week-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: The tenor of the letter suggests they are available but do not want to come in, for whatever reason. We need to send as strong as possible a communication this week to make it very clear that we want them in next week. I can see no reason they cannot come in on Tuesday. There are other reasons they will not come in but we need to write to them as a matter of urgency. I share Senator...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: A multi-unit development. We are talking about an apartment block. I am not arguing about whether this is right or wrong, as I will have that argument with the Minister on Second Stage, but I am trying to understand this. It could be the case that, in a multi-unit development or single apartment block, one landlord is not obligated by the conditions of this scheme because he or she owns a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Under the terms of the Tyrrelstown amendment.

Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, not embarrassed? He comes in here at the end of every debate and he reads a script, the majority of which I do not believe he believes to be true. At some point, he must be deeply embarrassed personally with what he is doing, as well as with what the Government is doing. Deputy Doherty asked the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, before he ran out of...

Renters: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Rents.