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Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: It is a very restrictive interpretation of the Standing Orders.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: It would not. It is existing law that a notice of termination is served to the RTB.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: No, I was not. Can the Cathaoirleach point out where it says that?

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, after line 31, to insert the following: “Grounds for termination by landlord 2. The Act of 2004 is amended— (a) in the Table to section 34— (i) by deleting paragraph 3, and (ii) in paragraph 5, by substituting “, no reasonable measures can be taken to maintain the dwelling fit for human habitation during the...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: Thank you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I fully take on board Senator Fitzpatrick's remarks about people who are deliberately not complying. That is fair enough. The point Senator Flynn is trying to make is that from her experience in the community she is in, this is then often used as an excuse by some landlords.It is only right that the Senator is allowed to express that. I know the...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 4, to delete lines 13 to 16 and substitute the following: “(a) the notice of termination cites as a reason for the termination concerned a ground specified in paragraph 1 or 1A of the Table to section 34 of the Act of 2004, (b) in a case of failure by the tenant to pay an amount of rent due, the tenant fails to show to the satisfaction of the Board...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 9: In page 4, line 16, to delete “paragraph 1, 1A or 2” and substitute “paragraph 1 or 1A”.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 18: In page 3, lines 7 to 11, to delete all words from and including “to” in line 7 down to and including “accommodation” in line 11 and substitute the following: "to make emergency provision to amend the law relating to grounds for termination of certain tenancies, and to defer the termination dates of certain tenancies that fall or would...

Seanad: Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber for this debate. This Bill follows on from the EirGrid legislation last summer. It is the second Bill on energy that indicates we are failing to take long-term energy policy seriously. Instead, we are legislating as we go in response to events. On Tuesday night, "Prime Time" had a report on the Derrybrien wind farm, which is not...

Seanad: Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, line 26, to delete "The Minister may" and substitute "Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may". The amendments are pretty self-explanatory. It is essentially that the developments would be laid before the Oireachtas as resolutions. That is to ensure the backing of the Houses and parliamentary procedures.

Seanad: Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 5, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: “(2) (a) If the Minister proposes to approve a designated development, whether subject to conditions or otherwise, he or she shall before doing so move a draft resolution in both Houses of the Oireachtas— (i) setting out the particulars mentioned in paragraph (b), and (ii) authorising the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I am going to fly through some of the questions. The witnesses might not have all the information with them now but it would be good if they could get back to me. I am trying to get a handle from local authorities on a follow-up question in relation to the tenantin situscheme. I want to get a sense of it because it is always really difficult when one looks at the numbers of planned housing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: Does South Dublin County Council ever go to them?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I thought it was to be Senator Gavan first. Will the Cathaoirleach clarify this? There have been two Fianna Fáil contributors on the Order of Business but, no offence to Fianna Fáil, I thought representatives of all the groups are invited to speak first before other Senators who wish to contribute are invited to do so.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I welcome the move by the Government to bring in an eviction ban over the winter. This happens every year in France because it is considered cruel to allow people to be left on the side of the road due to evictions over the winter months. It is standard practice there every year. We need to use the time between now and March to bring back properties into the social housing sector. We have...

Seanad: Poverty and Social Exclusion: Motion (19 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I apologise for being late and not hearing my Civil Engagement colleagues give their opening speeches on this topic. I have come from a housing committee meeting where we are waiving pre-legislative scrutiny for the introduction of an eviction ban this year over the winter period. One of the issues we were all concerned about and were raising, was the tenant in situscheme and how to ensure...

Seanad: Situation in Iran: Motion (11 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I welcome the Minister to the House and commend Senator Chambers on tabling this timely motion on women's rights in Iran. We have seen photographs of life in the 1970s, with women marching down streets in Tehran wearing very fashionable 1960s and 1970s clothing. That changed after the overthrow of the Shah and the installation of Ayatollah Khomeini. Women in Iran had equal divorce rights...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I thank everybody for coming in. I was watching the meeting from my office. I may, therefore, go over some questions others have asked, particularly with regard to some of the queries and figures about which Deputy Ó Broin asked. I pay tribute to some of the staff I deal with in the housing section of DCC on a daily basis. Ms Aisling Browne in acquisitions helped me with a difficult...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I did vote for cost rental. I voted for the affordable housing measures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: Many of them are on HAP.