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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages

2025-06-19 Lost Seanad Éireann Division Amendment put:
18Tá
23Níl

What the debate was about

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I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 19 of Principal Act 2. The other amendment is straightforward and relates to amendment No. 1, which seeks to introduce a ban on rent increases until 2028.

Allowing a rent increase of up to 2% pro rata is considered to provide a reasonable balance between stable rent control and allowing landlords to adjust rents in line with general inflation, bearing in mind that achieving 2% general inflation is a stated price stability mandate target of the European Central Bank. Allowing a rent increase of up to 2% pro rata is considered to provide a reasonable balance between stable rent control and allowing landlords to adjust rents in line with general inflation, bearing in mind that achieving 2% general inflation is a stated price stability mandate target of the European Central Bank.

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Tellers

Tellers: Tá, Senators Maria McCormack and Conor Murphy; Níl, Senators Garret Ahearn and Paul Daly.

Other votes in this debate

QuestionResultTá–Níl
Amendment put: Lost 18–24
Amendment put: Lost 17–23
Amendment put: Lost 15–23

Tá

18
  • IND Independent 7
  • SF Sinn Féin 6
  • LAB Labour 2
  • AON Aontú 1
  • GP Green Party 1
  • SD Social Democrats 1
IND Alice-Mary Higgins National University of Ireland
IND Aubrey McCarthy University of Dublin
IND Eileen Flynn Administrative Panel
IND Lynn Ruane University of Dublin
IND Sharon Keogan Industrial and Commercial Panel
IND Tom Clonan University of Dublin
IND Victor Boyhan Agricultural Panel
SF Chris Andrews Labour Panel
SF Conor Murphy Industrial and Commercial Panel
SF Joanne Collins Agricultural Panel
SF Maria McCormack Labour Panel
SF Nicole Ryan Administrative Panel
SF Pauline Tully Cultural and Educational Panel
LAB Laura Harmon Industrial and Commercial Panel
LAB Nessa Cosgrove Labour Panel
AON Sarah O'Reilly Agricultural Panel
GP Malcolm Noonan Agricultural Panel
SD Patricia Stephenson Labour Panel

Níl

23
  • FG Fine Gael 12
  • FF Fianna Fáil 11
FG Cathal Byrne Cultural and Educational Panel
FG Eileen Lynch Agricultural Panel
FG Gareth Scahill Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG Garret Ahearn Administrative Panel
FG Garret Kelleher Industrial and Commercial Panel
FG Joe O'Reilly Labour Panel
FG Linda Nelson Murray Industrial and Commercial Panel
FG Manus Boyle Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG Mark Duffy Labour Panel
FG PJ Murphy Agricultural Panel
FG Paraic Brady Agricultural Panel
FG Seán Kyne Cultural and Educational Panel
FF Aidan Davitt Industrial and Commercial Panel
FF Alison Comyn Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Fiona O'Loughlin Administrative Panel
FF Imelda Goldsboro Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Margaret Murphy O'Mahony Labour Panel
FF Mary Fitzpatrick Industrial and Commercial Panel
FF Ollie Crowe Industrial and Commercial Panel
FF Pat Casey Labour Panel
FF Paul Daly Agricultural Panel
FF Robbie Gallagher Labour Panel
FF Shane Curley Cultural and Educational Panel

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