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

What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

• Limits student accommodation tenancies to maximum 41 weeks per year unless tenant agrees otherwise; breach by landlord is improper conduct subject to RTB sanctions.
• Allows advance rent payments exceeding one month only where student pays both rent and tuition fees to same provider.
• Permits student tenants to terminate fixed-term tenancies by serving 28-day notice between 1 May and 1 October annually, regardless of landlord breach.

Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?

1. First Stage33rd Dáil

   3 Jul 2024
2. Second Stage33rd Dáil

   9 Jul 2024
3. Committee Stage33rd Dáil

   10 Jul 2024
4. Report Stage33rd Dáil

   10 Jul 2024
5. Fifth Stage33rd Dáil

   10 Jul 2024
6. Second Stage26th Seanad

   11 Jul 2024
7. Committee Stage26th Seanad

   11 Jul 2024
8. Report Stage26th Seanad

   11 Jul 2024
9. Fifth Stage26th Seanad

   11 Jul 2024
10. Enacted

    12 Jul 2024

Debates

• Second and Subsequent Stages11 Jul 2024↗
• Committee and Remaining Stages10 Jul 2024↗
• Second Stage9 Jul 2024↗

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