Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members]
Dail Éireann — 2021-04-28
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Michael Healy-Rae (IND), Kerry

I will be brief. I first thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this very important legislation. If a person goes into a shop to buy goods, he or she will not pay for them unless they receive the goods and leave the shop with them. We had a situation where students did not avail of accommodation yet at the same time, they, their parents, grandparents or families paid for that accommodation and never got a refund. That is fundamentally wrong. I very much respect the people who provide accommodation and who have mortgages and all that to pay. However, at the end of the day it is inherently wrong for a person to pay for accommodation he or she did not use or avail of. That is the point I wanted to make. I support the Bill.

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Sitting date: 2021-04-28