Section 4 of the Bill is the section that seeks to substantially narrow the scope of protections for tenants from the existing emergency provisions to those who have had their income reduced as a result of the impact of Covid-19 and who have rent arrears and, therefore, face a significant risk of losing their tenancy. This Bill dismantles the protections that were put in place to deal with the emergency and maintains protections for only a small cohort of tenants who have fallen into rent arrears.
The only way that can happen is for the amendment to be agreed in order that the limited protections in the Bill will apply to all tenants.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 5,669 words from 13 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and Duncan Smith; Níl, Deputies Brendan Griffin and Jack Chambers.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 52–67 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 58–77 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 56–80 |
| Question put: | Carried | 81–57 |
| Question put: | Carried | 86–62 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 64–80 |
| Question put: | Carried | 84–64 |
| Question put: "That the proposal for dealing with Nos. b12a, c12a, d12a, e12a and f12a, as amended, be agreed to." | Carried | 86–63 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 38–105 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 61–75 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 85–36 |
| Question put: | Carried | 84–45 |
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