Kathryn Reilly (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 5:

In page 11, to delete lines 19 to 22 and substitute the following:"(c) indicate that, if the breach continues during, or is repeated within, 12 months of the tenancy warning coming into effect, then the authority may either—

(i) apply under section 12to recover possession of the dwelling, or
(ii) where appropriate, apply to the District Court (under section 3 of the Act of 1997) for an excluding order against the household member who caused that breach, and".

This amendment includes issuing an exclusion order as a possibility for a consideration after a tenancy warning has failed to encourage resolution of a problem. It would give an opportunity to support a household to remove certain elements which might be the root of anti-social issues and avoid an eviction, which should be an absolute last resort.