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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: There is nothing in the Bill that stops the landlord from achieving the full market value. There is nothing in it that forces them to wait until the other end of the notice period. In fact, we are providing a period before. That is really important. I think it was the Chair that indicated the last time that there was a perception being sent out that this was another burden on landlords....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Sometimes though, we deal with the unreasonable and the extreme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: There should be some obligation on the tenant, whether that is dealt with in legislation or elsewhere, to ensure that viewings are appropriately dealt with and that there is not an attempt to frustrate a process. We are extending a right to a tenant here, and in those cases it is not unreasonable that we might also extend an obligation. The Department should reflect on that to see how it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is currently a voluntary process between the owner, the tenant and the city council. The right to purchase is now being extended to being more a voluntary arrangement, in that there is an option to purchase.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Can the local authority exercise the first option in exchange of or on behalf of the tenant?

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I have some sympathy with Deputy McNamara in trying to get to grips with a Bill that could be a small brick in a house, with considerable length and detail. As the Vice Chair of the Oireachtas housing committee, both I and other members, including Deputies Higgins and Matthews, have had the opportunity to consider this legislation at pre-legislative scrutiny for some time. Even with that,...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is unfair.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [53190/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (6 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected date of the implementation of the F spine as part of the BusConnects programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54152/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (6 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected date of the implementation of the E spine as part of the BusConnects programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54153/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (6 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport he expected date of the implementation of the A spine as part of the BusConnects programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54154/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (6 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for the person (details supplied). [54191/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Waiting Lists (5 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if assistance can be provided to the family looking for a place for a person (details supplied). [53408/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We can all learn from the process. Normally, we would have the Department in before external witnesses. Perhaps if that had happened, we could have clarified some of the issues that have been raised and the witnesses might have had the opportunity to see the Department's proposals in a fleshed out form. That is obviously something for us to consider. I accept that timing and lack of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The next question is whether it prevents people from selling at the market rate. I take on board the points about showing the property and achieving the best market rate, and the idea that vacant possession may provide a slightly larger amount. I think on balance, looking at the Bill, and we quizzed the Department on this, it allows people not only to achieve the market rate but actually...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: In the case of a private sale?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: So a landlord in financial difficulty who intends to sell the property can, under this legislation, secure the cash value of that property much sooner than in the current situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: According to Senator Cummins's timeline, people can sell the property to the tenant in situwithin the period and not have to go down the route of having an eviction period and then a transaction period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Davitt indicated it could be problematic to achieve market value because of gaining access for visitation and so on. Mr. Allen is indicating as part of the process that one concern he has is that legitimate offers would not be followed through. Those are two things we can take away and include in the legislative process.