Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2020-07-31
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I move amendment No. 31:
In page 9, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following:
“(c) the Board be satisfied that the stated amount of rent unpaid is accurate and consistent, as required by Section 16(a)(ii) of the Act of 2004, with other enactments, including enactments in respect of rental pressure zones.”.
These amendments relate to the same point that I have already discussed, namely, the RTB being careful and scrupulous about the right amount of rent being charged to reflect the realities of rental pressure zones. The Minister of State is going to have to keep that provision under review. This legislation is making it easier to evict people on the basis of rent unpaid and that will require much more scrutiny. I do not need to speak further on the issue because the relevant points were made in our previous discussion.

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Sitting date: 2020-07-31