Kathryn Reilly (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 31:

In page 12, between lines 42 and 43, to insert the following:

“(iii) a tax clearance certificate from the Revenue Commissioners Office before renewal of registration is completed,

(iv) a certificate of approval of approved housing standards as agreed by the relevant local authority in accordance with current statutory regulations enacted by the Minister,”.

This amendment requires landlords to provide a tax clearance certificate and certificate of approved housing standards from the local authority on registering a tenancy. The rationale is that there is a lack of standards in much rental accommodation, particularly in Dublin where the local authority and Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland both found that more than 90% of flats in the inner city failed to meet basic standards.