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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024

Bill entitled an Act to provide for arrangements to apply to tenancies of dwellings referred to in section 3(1A) of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004; in the case of those tenancies to permit advance payment of rent exceeding an amount equivalent to one month's rent only where a person is paying both rent and tuition fees to the same person; to limit the duration of those tenancies, other than at the request of the prospective tenant, to not more than 41 weeks; to apply sanctions for improper conduct by a landlord in relation to the duration of those tenancies; to enable a tenant of a dwelling referred to in section 3(1A) of that Act of 2004, whether or not a landlord has failed to comply with any obligations of the tenancy, to serve a notice of termination in the period between 1 May and 1 October in any year; and for those and other purposes to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004.

Last updated: 3 Jul 2024

Sponsored by: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Source: Government

Originating House: Dáil Éireann

History of this Bill

This Bill has completed Dáil Éireann, First Stage

3 Jul 2024