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

What this bill does AI · 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 timeline What do these stages mean?

1. First Stage 33rd Dáil

   3 Jul 2024
2. Second Stage 33rd Dáil

   9 Jul 2024
3. Committee Stage 33rd Dáil

   10 Jul 2024
4. Report Stage 33rd Dáil

   10 Jul 2024
5. Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil

   10 Jul 2024
6. Second Stage 26th Seanad

   11 Jul 2024
7. Committee Stage 26th Seanad

   11 Jul 2024
8. Report Stage 26th Seanad

   11 Jul 2024
9. Fifth Stage 26th Seanad

   11 Jul 2024
10. Enacted

    12 Jul 2024

Debates

• Second and Subsequent Stages 11 Jul 2024 ↗
• Committee and Remaining Stages 10 Jul 2024 ↗
• Second Stage 9 Jul 2024 ↗

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