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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Is that to section 3 on page 2?

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I move amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 4:In the fifth line of subsection (2A)(b), to delete "being" and substitute "having". I thought I spoke on this earlier when discussing amendment No. 2.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The reason we tabled the amendment is that this provision could be misinterpreted to mean that somebody in a tenancy of an AHB would be considered eligible for housing as long as they qualify for social housing support. We wanted this to be changed to say "having" been approved already for social housing support. There have been lots of references in Government documents to the fact that...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: First, I wish to comment on the lack of input from the big parties in the Dáil, with big numbers of staff and researchers who have made no input whatsoever into the Bill. The private rented sector has grown massively under the Government's watch, mainly because people cannot get mortgages and have been forced more and more into the private rented sector. It is time something was done...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The Minister of State did not, not if one considers that there are 700,000 waiting for him to do something about their plight. They are the people about whom I am more concerned than landlords, developers and others who became involved in speculation. There is considerable fear. I received many queries from people in the past two weeks about when the Bill would come into force and what...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Perhaps you might provide some clarity, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, on how we will vote on the amendments. It is really confusing. When he was here, even the Ceann Comhairle did not know what was going on because of the very confusing procedures adopted. On section 3, will we be voting on the Seanad amendment with our amendments?

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: In wanting to call votes, for example, we will have to be very clear on what we will be voting, if you do not mind, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Thank you. It is most disappointing, as people had hoped the Minister of State would take some action. I appreciate that there are landlords who are in over their heads, as many people became landlords from 2006 onwards when they were encouraged to do so by the previous regime and the Government. However, there is also a considerable number of landlords who own multiple properties. That...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: The grouping of the amendments is unfortunate because many of the key amendments that deal with huge sections of the Bill have been grouped together and we are forced in one contribution to deal with a range of matters. I do not know why it was decided to proceed in that way because there will be quite long speeches dealing with quite different points. We should start with what is not...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: One of my amendments will touch on this issue.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Can I not make a comment on the grouping and what is not included in the Bill and the fact that-----

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: It is not irrelevant in that-----

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: We have been forced to deal with massive-----

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Will the Ceann Comhairle, please, let me speak? We have been forced to deal with massive issues in one contribution.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: It is unfortunate that we have been forced to amend Seanad amendments rather than deal with the issue. The first set of amendments I have tabled with Deputies Joe Higgins and Paul Murphy is to deal with the timeframe for the Bill.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes, there are two amendments. Amendment No. 3 to Seanad amendment No. 47 is to delete the sunset clause which ends the two year rent review after four years.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: Yes. The first is to section 18(1), to delete “, for the duration of the relevant period,”. We are proposing the amendment because we do not believe it should end in four years. There should not be a guillotine. Amendment No. 7 to amendment No. 47 seeks to delete subsection 3 of section 18. The Taoiseach and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Construction 2020, Housing, Planning and Mortgage Arrears is expected to take place. [31778/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the establishment of a Traveller agency to address issues of equality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42431/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (1 Dec 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 204 of 9 December 2014 and 185 of 14 July 2015 (details supplied), the status of the review taking place into situations where a company ceases trading, but is not liquidated and has outstanding payments to be given to employees; when the review will conclude; and if she will make a...