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Protection of Tenants' Deposits Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Paul Murphy · People Before Profit-Solidarity
- Introduced
- 13 Feb 2025
- Last updated
- 14 Feb 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Activates Section 61 of the 2015 Residential Tenancies Act, requiring tenant deposits be sent to the Residential Tenancies Board.
- Mandates a deposit protection scheme through regulations by the Housing Minister within 90 days of this Act's passage.
- Ends delay in implementing tenant deposit protections already legislated for but not yet commenced since 2015.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage34th Dáil13 Feb 2025
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