Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

There are wider concerns but everybody has shown admirable restraint in that Senators have not put all our good ideas around the Residential Tenancies Bill into amendments. This grouping is specifically around creating space and time for that proper debate. The amendments do not seek to change everything about residential tenancies but to give us enough space during a time of restricted movement in terms of a six-month period to address these issues.

Primary and secondary legislation were mentioned, so I will clarify in relation to my amendments, Nos. 7 and 9, that I am presenting the Minister with two options. One is to insert the 20 km option into primary legislation, which this Bill is.Amendment No. 9 gives the Minister permission to introduce secondary legislation in the form of a statutory instrument. Both options are on the table in that regard.