Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2020-03-26
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Paul Murphy (PBP), Dublin South-West

The last division demonstrated that there is a possibility to pass real measures that will make a difference to renters now, in the next half an hour. There is a potential majority to pass these things which will actually make a difference. It is up to the Independent Deputies who got votes from ordinary people, including many renters, to stick to the kind of promises that I am sure they made in the election and to vote for the interests of renters this evening. The second point I make is to Fianna Fáil. If these votes were taking place in the last Dáil, Fianna Fáil would be abstaining on all of these things because it would know that Fine Gael would safely be able to defeat it. If Fianna Fáil abstains on any of these measures, they will pass. I appeal to Fianna Fáil at the very least to do what it would have done in the last Dáil. Do not very obviously vote for the interests of landlords against renters and block positive changes that we can make tonight in this crisis.

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Sitting date: 2020-03-26