Residential Tenancies (Illegal Evictions) (Amendment) Bill 2024

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

• Creates criminal offence of forcibly ending a tenancy; gardaí can arrest without warrant those suspected of committing it.
• Allows Residential Tenancies Board to award exemplary damages up to €40,000 where illegal eviction is found to have occurred.
• Requires Property Services Regulatory Authority, Revenue Commissioners and landlord agents to share tenant/landlord identity data with the Board for enforcement purposes.

Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?

1. First Stage33rd Dáil

   9 May 2024

Debates

• First Stage9 May 2024↗

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