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Residential Tenancies Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Introduced
- 16 Mar 2021
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Extends emergency tenant protections until 12 July 2021: 90-day notice periods for eviction (instead of 28 days) and prohibition on rent increases for affected tenants.
- Amends Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies Act 2020 and Residential Tenancies Act 2020 to align eviction moratorium rules during 5km restrictions with enhanced notice requirements.
- Provides temporary financial protection for tenants in rent arrears due to Covid-19 while preserving landlords' constitutional property rights through procedural safeguards.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil16 Mar 2021
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil24 Mar 2021
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil25 Mar 2021
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil25 Mar 2021
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil25 Mar 2021
- Second Stage 26th Seanad29 Mar 2021
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad29 Mar 2021
- Report Stage 26th Seanad29 Mar 2021
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad29 Mar 2021
- Enacted30 Mar 2021
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