Housing Plan: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-03
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Michael Collins (II), Cork South-West

Stop, please. When the tenant meets the man on the road he is hooting at him and putting the thumbs up, because the knows the RTB and everyone else is there to protect the tenant but there is no one to protect the landlord. Someone needs to talk on behalf of the house owners. I want avoid using the word "landlord" as much as I can. Imagine, a year to year and a half, and he will not have to bat an eyelid. It will not worry him, because he is quite safe and he will get protected. It is time to kick these people out. One or two months without paying, the hell out the door they should be put and end of story. The RTB is asleep at the wheel. We need to move on and straighten it out. Some people want to get out of the market at the moment and they said that they cannot sell a vacant tenancy. They are in an awful state. I am getting phone calls from all over the place on this. A while ago Deputy Danny Healy-Rae told me he is getting the same barrage of phone calls. This needs to be moved on immediately.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-03