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Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 26: In page 36, to delete line 21 and substitute the following: “(a) be served 90 days before”

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Amendment No. 26 refers to page 36 in the Bill and relates to a rent review notice. The Bill states that it shall, "be served not earlier than two weeks before, and not later than four weeks after, the date on which the setting of the rent by way of a review is to take effect".The standard for the Residential Tenancies Act is 90 days for a review. I firmly believe that two weeks, especially...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I do not buy that all. The Bill says in black and white: A rent review notice shall— (a) be served not earlier than two weeks before, and not later than four weeks after, I do not see how this amounts to a tenant having his or her eyes open as regards a rent review. Standard practice under the Residential Tenancies Act and the RTB is that a tenant needs to get at least 90 days...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 27: In page 36, line 24, after “review” to insert “including the detail of how the new rent amount was arrived at”.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 28: In page 39, to delete lines 33 to 40, and in page 40, to delete lines 1 to 30.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: Senator Mullen is being good to me today. There is a concern that the owner can seek a revocation of the cost-rental designation once the minimum cost-rental designation period comes to an end and that the Minister must revoke it, given the mandatory meaning of "shall" in section 39. The minimum period is at least as long as the cost calculation period of 40 years, which we have debated and...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I still believe this undermines the long-term benefit of cost-rental. I am worried about the tenant who may have been in a property for 40 years. What will happen after that period?Will they face a market rent or, worse, eviction? Senator Higgins has spoken about international investors. There is no obligation on them to act in the interests of tenants, in contrast to AHBs. What will...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I am.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: On a point of order, this very same amendment was submitted on Committee Stage. Thanks to Senator Higgins's amendment, I will still have a chance to speak to the issue of shared equity.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I was.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I am not happy with that, no.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I appreciate that is the situation. I am thankful that Senator Higgins's amendment will allow us to discuss the developer-led shared equity scheme.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I opposed the section on Committee Stage. We tabled the amendment and I opposed the section. This time, we were told by the Chair, the deletion of the part would conflict with the principle of the Bill. It was ruled out of order, in accordance with Standing Order 154, as it is in conflict with the principle of the Bill as read a Second Time. I accept that but I said it seems ironic-----

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: -----given what we are being told, as Senator Higgins has outlined, by officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, by the ESRI, by the Central Bank and by a host of economists and given that we know from experience in London that it drives up prices, the shared equity scheme is in conflict with the objectives of an affordable housing Bill. It should not be in this Bill at...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Future of Media in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I will pick up on Deputy Munster's line of questioning around the licence fee and the different models that were explored. It has been said that the witnesses cannot go into it but inasmuch as they can, will they speak about the different models they looked at? Education resources on disinformation have been mentioned. Has the commission explored the need for educational initiatives...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Future of Media in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Fintan Warfield: I hear the concern about the general taxation piece and the influence of the Government. However, it has to be borne in mind that we already fund TG4 through the Exchequer and general taxation.