Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2021-11-24
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I had hoped that the sensible amendment tabled by the Labour Party Senators might have been accepted as it is better than the current section 7 in that it addressed the issues of the duration of tenancy and sequential tenancies.
It is important that we recognise Part 4 and recognise that there is a duration issue beyond the question of simply qualifying as a Part 4 tenancy. For example, we may and should look to having longer periods of notice and I know the option already exists to an extent. I want to indicate my intention to table amendments that seek longer periods of notice as they relate to the longer periods of Part 4 tenancies, which is a grid within the legislation. I may table amendments at Report Stage because I am concerned about the 28-day notice period that was mentioned and I know that amendment was not moved. Plus I am particularly concerned at the length of notice periods for people who may have extremely long tenancies.

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Sitting date: 2021-11-24