Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2026-07-14
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

The legislation is what it is. It is frankly ridiculous to drag this up. The Senator, not us, brought up staff in the area and told us not to worry about the law because we know the staff are going to be doing their best. If they were doing their best, these coercive laws would not be needed and would not apply. The Government is bringing the laws and we are debating the point of law. That is our job. We are legislators. We are certainly not going to be intimidated while questioning dangerous law when it is brought forward because it is implied or suggested that we are hurting the feelings of the people who would be implementing the dangerous law. We have many other aspects of the dangerous law to go through in section 7, but it is important to have marked this issue.

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Sitting date: 2026-07-14