EnactedStage in the legislative process — click for what it means35/2025Official bill number / year
Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Introduced
- 18 Jun 2025
- Last updated
- 24 Jun 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Rent increase cap (2% annually or inflation rate, whichever is lower) now applies nationwide, replacing separate zones with different rules.
- Areas not currently designated as rent pressure zones are deemed zones from day after Bill passes until 28 February 2026.
- Existing rent pressure zones extended to 28 February 2026; bi-annual rent reviews outside zones terminated as entire country becomes one zone.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage34th Dáil18 Jun 2025
- Committee Stage34th Dáil18 Jun 2025
- Report Stage34th Dáil18 Jun 2025
- Fifth Stage34th Dáil18 Jun 2025
- Second Stage34th Dáil18 Jun 2025
- Committee Stage27th Seanad19 Jun 2025
- Report Stage27th Seanad19 Jun 2025
- Fifth Stage27th Seanad19 Jun 2025
- Enacted19 Jun 2025
Debates
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