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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009, introduced a new approach to the sale of social housing whereby social housing tenants, including tenants of approved housing bodies, could acquire new local authority houses and existing apartments under the Incremental Purchase Scheme (IPS). The details of this scheme are avail able on my Department’s website, www.environ.ie . There...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector. The Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No.2) Bill 2012 provides for the extension of the provisions of the Act to the not-for-profit approved housing body sector, which will bring an estimated 20,000 additional tenancies within the remit of the Private Residential...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am currently reviewing the operation of the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability with the objective of targeting those in most need and ensuring that the maximum numbers of households can benefit from these schemes. I intend to announce revised terms and conditions for the grant schemes later this year. Capital allocations to local authorities for next year are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Grant Payments (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The provision of housing within communities for people with specific categories of need is funded for the most part under my Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS). Expenditure on CAS over the period 2007 to 2012 and the provision for 2013 is set out in the table below. However, it is not possible to disaggregate the expenditure figures to provide information in relation to any...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: While the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants in the private residential rented sector covering, inter alia, security of tenure and the termination of tenancies it does not deal with the business decision a landlord makes in choosing to enter into a tenancy with a tenant. I have no plans to amend the legislation in this regard. The...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: On the non-payment of rent, the purpose of some of the amendments, including on Committee Stage, is to ensure that where a person has an obligation to pay rent, even in the case of disputes, he or she continues to do so. This was the principal issue brought to our attention by landlords. The issue of deposit retention by landlords is the other side of the coin as it affects tenants. We...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 11:In page 25, to delete lines 23 and 24 and substitute the following:“(ii) the tenant,”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 12: In page 25, line 37, to delete all words from and including “, or” down to and including “86(1)(a)(ii),” in page 26, line 1.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 13:In page 26, to delete line 4.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 14:In page 26, to delete lines 6 to 8 and substitute the following:“the tenant referred to in section 86(1)(a)(i) has failed to comply with section 86(1) (a).”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 15:In page 26, line 15, to delete “under this section” and substitute “referred to in subsection (2)”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 16:In page 26, lines 19 and 20, to delete “, or as the case may be the sub-tenant,”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 17:In page 26, lines 32 and 33, to delete “or the sub-tenant”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 18:In page 26, lines 44 and 45, to delete “or sub-tenant”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 19:In page 27, to delete lines 4 to 10 and substitute the following:“(8) Where the dwelling the subject of a tenancy is one out of which a subtenancy has been created, the landlord shall, when referring the complaint to the Board under subsection (2), notify the sub-tenant accordingly.”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 20:In page 27, to delete line 31 and substitute the following:“115(3). (14) Part 2 of the Schedule has effect for the purpose of the referral of a complaint referred to in subsection (2) in the case of a sub-tenancy.”.”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 21:In page 27, line 40, to delete “or a sub-tenant”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 22:In page 29, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:58.--Section 123 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following after subsection (8):“(9) For the avoidance of doubt, the reference in subsection (1) to the determination of an adjudicator under section 97 includes a determination under section 76A of a complaint referred to in section...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 23:In page 29, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:60.--The Schedule to the Principal Act is amended--(a) by substituting the following for “SCHEDULE”:“SCHEDULE PART 1”,and (b) by inserting the following after paragraph 8:“PART 2 REFERRAL OF COMPLAINT UNDER SECTION 76A IN CASE OF SUB-TENANCY 1. Where the dwelling the...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 29:In page 31, between lines 8 and 9 to insert the following:“Section 32(1) Substitute “Part 1 of the Schedule” for “The Schedule”. Section 75(2) Substitute “Part 1 of the Schedule” for “the Schedule”.”.