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

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 19:In page 15, line 28, to delete “28 days” and substitute “60 days”.

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

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 20: In page 15, to delete line 34 and substitute the following:“ Less than 6 months 60 days”.

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

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 22:In page 16, to delete lines 25 to 29. I will speak to amendments Nos. 22, 23 and 24. Section 19 of the Bill is to provide for the amendment of section 93 of the 2004 Act. My amendment No. 22 proposes to delete section 19 of this Bill. Amendment No. 23 is to delete section 20 which is an amendment of section 109 of the 2004 Act. These amendments relate to the...

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

Tommy Broughan: Amendments Nos. 16 to 20, inclusive, relate to amending the new subsection (2)(a) of section 66 of the 2004 Act. That section provides for the period of notice where sections 67 and 68 of the 2004 Act are not applicable. Section 67 provides for the period of notice for termination by landlord where the tenant is in default, and section 68 provides for a period of notice for termination by...

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

Tommy Broughan: We all welcome the introduction of Part 7A of the 2004 Act, which, at long last, sets out a process of invigilation that has been badly needed. I do not see why the Minister should not meet all of the reasonable requests for improvement of landlord and tenancy legislation from the advocacy sector. We met some of the approved housing bodies again this morning, namely, Co-operative Housing...

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

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 10:In page 9, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“(3) The Residential Tenancies Board shall verify that works required to effect a substantial change to the dwelling were undertaken.”.

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

Tommy Broughan: I have listened to the Minister's response but I still do not see why it would not be sensible to take the extra step and allow for some kind of verification process. The Minister has indicated how sending misinformation to the RTB can be a criminal offence and outlined the requirement for works to be documented. However, there is still no provision for verification. Many of us met when...

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

Tommy Broughan: Why not?

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

Tommy Broughan: I warmly support this amendment, which is timely. It is astonishing to realise that a deposit was not precisely defined in the 2004 Act or in the 2015 Act. There is an opportunity to do that in this Bill. As my colleague said, we have often found landlords have asked for two months' rent or more for a deposit, which creates an unacceptable situation. I strongly support the amendment.

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

Tommy Broughan: Would it be possible to take the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018 first and have the Order of Business later?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the large disparities between special classes available in primary schools compared to such classes in post-primary schools in view of the fact that students with special education needs will progress from primary level to post-primary level; the counties that have the most acute access to education problems for students on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (8 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on moves to abolish the two-tier pay scales for teachers as reported at the teachers' annual conferences during the last week of April 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19008/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (8 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount and percentage of the capital budget for the Defence Forces that was spent in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19777/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Council of Europe (8 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will oppose cuts of up to 15% to the youth sector and youth programme budget of the Council of Europe when the matter comes before the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers in the coming weeks; if the strong support of Ireland will be indicated for the work of the youth programme of the Council of Europe (details supplied);...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (8 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of the VAT compensation refund scheme; the number of recipients; the amount of VAT refunded to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19733/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Staff (8 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance when the competition to fill the position of Governor of the Central Bank will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19529/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Economic Dialogue (8 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance when the national economic dialogue will be held in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19732/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Appointments to State Boards (8 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made appointments to a State board in the past three years in cases in which he has reappointed a person that has already served two full terms contrary to the advice in section 13.2 of the Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards; if so, the details and rationale for such appointments if relevant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Government Expenditure (8 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Government expenditure in each of the years 2007 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19736/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his officials will meet a union (details supplied) to discuss the recommendations following the review of the National Council for Special Education guidelines of 2018 in view of the fact that a new pilot scheme is due to commence in September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19495/19]