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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (Resumed) (2 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: In respect of amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 51, landlords have said that they were selling properties and we then find out that the sale does not happen. I have come across it as, I imagine, have many other Members. We need some penalty or mechanism to deal with that because it is ridiculous that properties are re-let after people have been virtually turfed out and they give the...

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Yes. Nothing is included in these plans to deal with this matter. The Government's measures could easily have included a section to nullify rent reviews carried out within a few weeks or months of the enactment of the law. Better still, they could have included rent controls and rent certainty and it could have happened months if not years ago. Back then, there was not an election around...

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Last week we had the anniversary of the tragic death of Jonathan Corrie. Ever since his death, the homeless situation and the number of those sleeping rough have continued to spiral. It is clear the Government's policies are not working and that it has failed to deliver. Under current housing legislation, there is no definition of a...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 47:To delete section 18, and substitute the following:“Amendment of section 20 of Principal Act 18.Section 20 of the Principal Act is deleted and the following section is substituted:“20.(1) Subject to subsection (3), a review of the rent under the tenancy of a dwelling may not occur—(a) more frequently than once in each...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I want to clarify what the Minister of State has said. Is he saying that if the approved voluntary housing groups were to see out the mortgage on the properties, they could then become available? Is he saying that if the approved housing bodies see out the mortgage, they could sell them off as a result of that?

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I mentioned it.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: The average monthly rent in Dublin is €1,400, or €350 per week. That level of rent is not sustainable and is way above what it should be. We see this across the board. We can talk about keeping people in their homes and increasing rent supplement, but the reality is that the rental market needs to handled in the proper way because it is has gone out of control. These rents...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: It is disappointing the Minister of State has dismissed many of thee amendments. I do not believe amendment No. 47 is adequate in just extending the contracts to two years. Unless that is tied to the CPI, it is not worth the paper it is written on because there has to be some control. Unfortunately as new people come in, they will be charged differently from the people who are supposedly...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I wish to note an amendment also has been tabled by Sinn Féin to Seanad amendment No. 47 and I wish to move that amendment.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Therefore, it is part of the motion.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (1 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: Amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 47 reads:To delete section 18, and substitute the following:“Amendment of section 20 of Principal Act 18. Section 20 of the Principal Act is deleted and the following section is substituted:“20. (1) Subject to subsection (3), a review of the rent under the tenancy of a dwelling may not occur—(a) more frequently than once in each...

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: They are not doing it.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: The numbers have doubled on this Government's watch.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: It is one answer. It is not the only one we have.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Dessie Ellis: The Government used it to fund the water meters.

Planning and Development (Urgent Social Housing Supply) Policy Directive 2015: Motion (26 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: It is claimed the intent of the directive is to support the fast-tracking of the planning process in order for modular units to be put in place, yet the title of this motion is very misleading. The motion masquerades as something to do with the need to urgently increase the supply of social housing, but any fair and responsible definition of "social housing" would conclude that modular units...

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: First Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: First Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing Act 1988 and the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to update the definition of “homelessness” to more appropriately address the needs of people experiencing homelessness, to bring the task of homelessness prevention within the remit of the Housing Act 1988, and to provide for rent certainty in the...

Order of Business (26 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: They cost €191,000 each.

Order of Business (26 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: These are modular housing.