Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2021-03-29
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Mary Seery Kearney (FG), Nominated by the Taoiseach

This legislation interrupts constitutional property rights. The proportionality of that is determined by Covid and whether Covid lifts or the Covid situation gets better. I hope with all my heart that we will be in a much better position by 12 July. It is right that we take it in those steps. Otherwise, it becomes disproportionate and unconstitutional. That is the reason. I have no problem extending this if the circumstances arise but if they do not, they do not. That would be great. Then we can have a debate for another day on a different set of rights. However, we should be clear that the rights as they stood prior to Covid still stand. None of those has been diminished.

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Sitting date: 2021-03-29