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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 42: In page 19, before section 43, but in Part 4, to insert the following new section:48.—Section 97 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) in subsection (1) by inserting “76A,” after “under section”, (b) in subsection (2) by inserting “76A,” after “under section”.”.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 43: In page 19, before section 43, but in Part 4, to insert the following new section:49.—Section 100 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) in subsection (2) by substituting “Subject to subsection (3), such an appeal” for “Such an appeal”, and (b) by inserting the following new subsection after subsection (2):“(3) An appeal...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 44: In page 19, before section 43, but in Part 4, to insert the following new section:50.—Section 104 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) in subsection (5) by substituting “Subject to subsection (5A), the duration of” for “The duration of”, and (b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (5):“(5A) The...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 45: In page 19, before section 43, but in Part 4, to insert the following new section:51.—Section 109 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1):“(1A) For the purpose of the hearing and determination of a complaint under section 76A, without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Board shall...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 46: In page 19, before section 43, but in Part 4, to insert the following new section:52.—Section 124 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following new subsection after subsection (5):“(5A) Where an application is made in respect of a determination order under section 76A(7) that requires the dwelling to be vacated, the court may, pending the...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 47: In page 19, before section 43, but in Part 4, to insert the following new section:53.—The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following new section after section 180:180A.—(1) Without prejudice to section 180, the Board shall, not later than 6 months after the coming into operation of section 76A, make a report to the Minister in such form as the...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I fully appreciate the intention behind Deputy Ellis's amendment. I wish to repeat what I said on Second Stage. I intend to bring forward an amendment in this regard in the Seanad. We were just not ready to do so here, as it has not been fully drafted. It is a priority and a commitment in the programme for Government to establish a deposit protection scheme. On foot of that commitment, I...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: As both Deputies implied and as I have been saying, we are trying to strike a balance between the rights and responsibilities of both the tenant and the landlord. That is essentially the purpose of the amendment. To answer Deputy Dessie Ellis's question on a tenant who is not paying, where a landlord is not carrying out certain maintenance work, a tenant has a legitimate reason to go to...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is the Deputy referring to backdating in people getting on the housing list?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will begin roughly where I left off. I was making the point that where the tenant has not paid the rent, the PRTB has not the power to terminate the tenancy unless the landlord has served notice of termination. Where the notice of termination is invalid, the landlord must re-serve the notice and wait out the notice period before getting possession of the dwelling. If the tenant...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Approximately another minute. Does the Chairman want to wait?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: They get 14 days and then 28 days.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: This measure is to clarify and simplify the system. It is not to deny the tenants the rights they already have.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 27: In page 12, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(d) in paragraph 4(b)(ii) by inserting “1A,” after “paragraph 1,”.”.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 28: In page 12, paragraph (d), line 22, to delete “ “available for re-letting”.” and substitute the following:“ “available for re-letting”,(e) in paragraph 5(b)(ii), by inserting “1A,” after “paragraph 1,”, (f) in paragraph 6(b)(ii), by inserting “1A,” after “paragraph...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 29: In page 12, before section 13, to insert the following new section: 13.—Section 67 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following subsection for subsection (3):“(3) The condition mentioned in subsection (2)(b)(ii) is that—(a) the tenant has been notified in writing by the landlord that—(i) an amount of rent due has not been...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 30: In page 12, before section 14, to insert the following new section:14.—Section 82 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) in subsection (5) by substituting “subject to subsection (6), any costs referred to in subsection (7)” for “such costs and expenses”, and (b) by inserting the following subsections after subsection...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 31: In page 15, line 16, to delete “subsection” where it firstly occurs and substitute “subsections”.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 32: In page 15, line 21, to delete “subsection (3)(c)(i).”.” and substitute the following: “subsection (3)(c)(i).(5) The amount of costs or expenses that may be awarded to a party shall not exceed €1,000.”.”.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 33: In page 15, before section 24, to insert the following new section:24.—Section 119 is amended—(a) in subsection (1)—(i) in paragraph (i) by substituting “subject to subsection (3), costs” for “costs”, and (ii) by deleting paragraph (iii),and(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2):“(3) The...