Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2021-12-08
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Cian O'Callaghan (SD), Dublin Bay North

I want to ask the Taoiseach about tenants not getting their deposits back from landlords. Tenants who are renting from Period Door Properties are owed more than €200,000. Despite 36 determination orders in their favour, they have not received any of their deposits from the landlord, which has gone into liquidation. Tenants have lost out on about €1,800 each, which they simply cannot afford. As the Taoiseach will know, legislation for a deposit protection scheme was introduced in 2015. Six years later, the deposit protection scheme has still not been set up. What is the Government doing to help these tenants to get back their deposits, which they are legally entitled to do, and when will a deposit protection scheme be set up?

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Sitting date: 2021-12-08