Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2021-07-05
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Rebecca Moynihan (LAB), Administrative Panel

I was not expecting this. It feels more like a wedding than the passing of a Bill. I am just getting used to it. The move by the Government to link rents to the consumer price index is progressive, long overdue and welcome. I also see that institutional property investors kicked up about the issue. Taking this action in the face of lobbying from people on the outside, particularly landlords, is important.
We have a major issue with security of tenure for renters. I was glad last week to be able to text somebody who was worried about losing their house over the 8% rent increase to say the law was going to change, they would not be facing 8% and the increase would possibly be less than 1%, depending on what the calculator came up with. It is a relief to a considerable number of people. However, we need to address security of tenure for people in rental accommodation. That is a key issue. We are an outlier in Europe in terms of doing that and I look forward to seeing comprehensive renters' legislation in the autumn.

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Sitting date: 2021-07-05