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Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: In this amendment we propose a practical measure to address the fact that for many tenants part of the growing insecurity they experience is the fact that the property in which they are living may not be owned by a landlord but, in many cases, has been taken over by a receiver. Those who act as a receiver are freed from the most basic of obligations of a landlord to a tenant, not only the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment. We have heard about the hundreds of thousands of people who are renting and vulnerable to rent increases that are completely out of sight. On Committee Stage we heard stories about many good landlords and there are good landlords. However, for every good landlord who did not increase rent or increased it by only a small amount, there are others who are increasing it...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We have tabled a number of amendments to this section. Many deal with drafting and technical matters, but there are also a couple of key issues. Senator Murnane O'Connor referred to the proposal that we reduce the number of units in the so-called Tyrrelstown amendment from 20 to five units or more. We know that 0.54% of landlords are covered by the current proposal of 20 units. The 20-unit...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 19:In page 34, line 18, to delete “section 35A(3)(a)(i)” and substitute “section 35A(3)(a)”.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 20:In page 34, line 22, to delete “20 per cent” and substitute “40 per cent”.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 21:In page 34, line 22, to delete “20 per cent” and substitute “30 per cent”.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 22:In page 34, line 24, to delete “where section 35A(3)(a)(ii) applies,”.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 23:In page 34, line 27, to delete “undue unfairness to or”.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 24:In page 34, to delete lines 28 to 39, and in page 35, to delete lines 1 to 35.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 26 has been superseded by amendment No. 25 so we will not be moving it.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is not that we are not moving it. We can move it but it is dead in the water.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Yes. It is superseded.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 27:In page 35, to delete lines 11 to 26.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 28:In page 35, line 12, after “Board” to insert “, them also having due regard to perspective of the tenants and other independent sources”.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 29:In page 35, line 15, to delete “20 per cent” and substitute “40 per cent”.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 30:In page 35, line 15, to delete “20 per cent” and substitute “30 per cent”.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 31:In page 35, line 16, to delete “or” and substitute “and”.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 32:In page 35, line 20, to delete “undue unfairness to, or”. We are asking for the removal of the term "undue unfairness" because we feel given "undue unfairness", "undue hardship" and "unduly onerous" are the three----

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am giving the reason. If those terms were applied to the rental area, to tenants, we would see many tenants would not pay rent. I am going to move this amendment to remove the phrase "undue unfairness" but it would leave the other two intact.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will not go into detail about my colleague’s motion today because we will have an opportunity to debate it this afternoon. This practice of putting forward a last-minute amendment is very unfortunate and does not help democracy. There is an irony in the legal concerns being produced at the 11th hour in this regard. If the Government has such strong concerns about the fundamental...