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Residential Tenancies (Tenants' Rights) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Ivana Bacik · Labour Party
- Introduced
- 16 Sep 2021
- Last updated
- 2 May 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Extends landlord definition to include receivers and lienholders, ensuring tenants' rights protection when lenders repossess mortgaged rental properties.
- Removes landlord's right to terminate tenancies after 6 years without grounds and eliminates sale as termination ground, providing indefinite tenure security.
- Caps deposits at one month's rent, limits furnished-to-unfurnished conversion, restricts pet bans, and allows clothes-drying in gardens without landlord prohibition.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil16 Sep 2021
- Second Stage33rd Dáil16 Sep 2021
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil1 May 2025
Debates
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