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Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Question put and agreed to.

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 6.32 p.m. go dtí 2 p.m., Dé Máirt, an 28 Márta 2023. The Dáil adjourned at at 6.32 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 28 March 2023.

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I ask the Minister of State to conclude to allow the Deputy an opportunity to answer.

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Tá sé sin ceart go leor. To conclude, I thank Deputy Ó Broin for bringing forward this Private Members' Bill. The certification of private rental accommodation has obvious merits. Let us take this positive and progressive idea forward and consider the best way to implement it so that it benefits everyone involved in the rental market sector. However, it can and should only...

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Minister of State knows, I am a very reasonable person. In fact, the Tánaiste has taken to extolling the virtues of my reasonableness at Leaders' Questions on several occasions recently. However, the Minister of State's response to the text of the Bill tests my reasonableness. He said it would have an enormous adverse impact on supply. There is nothing in this Bill that would...

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: The figure is based on reinspections.

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I know that, but this is my point. If one inspects 25% of existing tenancies - 70,000 tenancies - and 17% of them require a second inspection, or more, which has been the trend of recent years, it would bring the number of inspections up to 80,000 or 90,000 at the most. Therefore, if we are at 50,000, which is better than the 2021 report I referred to earlier, getting to 70,000, 80,000 or...

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I will respond to some of the comments from Deputies before I make my closing remarks. I thank all the Deputies for their contributions. This has been a useful debate, sparked by Deputy Ó Broin bringing the Bill forward. I note the comments made by Deputy Ó Broin on the support provided by the previous Minister for housing back in 2017 to this type of approach. Even since 2017,...

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Chris Andrews: I welcome this Bill and all the work Deputy Ó Broin put into it. It is very important legislation because it is clearly very important to have minimum standards in private rented accommodation. In my constituency, there is a huge amount of private rented accommodation in Rathmines, Harold's Cross and Sandymount. I believe the vast majority of landlords will welcome this Bill. It will...

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the opportunity to speak on what is a very modest but very important Bill. I think the Minister of State has acknowledged the importance of moves in this direction, which it appears the Government is prepared to take. I remind the Minister of State that this Bill dates back to 2020 and the situation is acute, as previous speakers outlined. It dawned on me - not that I required...

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I thank my colleague Deputy Ó Broin for introducing this Bill to the House back in 2020. Last November, the National Oversight and Audit Commission report for 2021 was launched. It is damning regarding private rental accommodation inspections, to say the least. The report stated that between 2016 and 2021, there was an increase of 14% in the number of dwellings found to be...

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: What is being proposed by Deputy Ó Broin is a straightforward set-up on a national car test, NCT-type inspection and a checklist. We can all see the wins with this for tenants, particularly for those who are in substandard and the nightmare-to-rent type tenancies which do not work for anybody. This is a very easy sell and I was listening to the Minister of State in respect of what...

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for bringing forward the Bill and the generosity of spirit in which he has set out its context. This week, there already has been much discussion and debate on the upcoming end of the moratorium on evictions. This is a welcome opportunity to focus on a related issue, namely, the quality of accommodation available to those in the private rental market in Ireland....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (23 Mar 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I did not get a copy of the Minister of State's speech but he said that the water services policy from 2018 to 2025 is based on the delivery and development of water services in line with the needs and expectations of citizens and users, in compliance with legal obligations, in a fair and cost-effective manner and in keeping with the principles of social, economic and environmental...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (23 Mar 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I agree wholeheartedly with the Deputy. That right of everyone to have clean potable drinking water is fundamental. I mentioned the Federation of Group Water Schemes in my initial reply. It is an organisation to be greatly admired. The members have delivered high-quality water and work on environmental and other biodiversity initiatives around the country. They really are an exemplar of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (23 Mar 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is possible. Check your facts.

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: We move on.

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: We always move on, Chair. The time moves on.

Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2023)

Bernard Durkan: It takes some considerable time sometimes to move on. The next item is the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Bill 2020. The usual procedures apply. The Bill is not being opposed by Government.