Rebecca Moynihan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 11:

In page 5, to delete lines 10 and 11 and substitute the following: "(b) a deposit (howsoever described and being an amount of money to be held by the landlord only as security for the performance of any obligations, and the discharge of any liabilities, of the tenant under or in connection with the tenancy) of an amount no greater than that payable under the tenancy agreement as rent in respect of a period of one month.".

I will speak to this but I will not push it to a vote. This limits rent deposits to one month of rent and this should be part of a wider reform of tenancy and renters' legislation. I welcome the Minister's announcement that he is looking at this for the autumn. I have a number of reports of landlords effectively using rental deposits with a view to keeping them or almost never giving them back. As I said with my first amendment, I ask that the Minister consider this aspect in terms of the wider reforms he will introduce.