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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: That is the point I made earlier about the 109. I could think of 30 or 40 cases in my constituency alone where that has happened in recent years. That is why I urge the RTB to increase that figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: When people get the notice to quit and leave, they feel there is no point. They are out of the house and moved on. They feel they are gone and the landlord gets away scot-free. I encourage people to contact the RTB and give it the information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: I have 14 more questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: What we see now when people get notices to quit is that they feel they will be out with nowhere to go. I have heard stories of where local authorities have advised people who have reached their date to be out to overstay. I personally know many people who have overstayed, are overstaying or will overstay if they cannot find alternative accommodation. When a person overstays, the landlord...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: Has the RTB no idea how many of those it is dealing with? The point Mr. Keegan makes is valid. If there were supply, at least the tenant could then move on to somewhere else, whether rental, cost-rental, affordable or social housing, but if there is a lack of supply, it creates these issues. I deal with people who really respect their landlords and feel their landlords have been fair to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: If there is a good landlord who has given notice to quit and has done everything right, with a tenant who has done everything right, paid his or her bills and been a good tenant, there is a dispute where they should not be a dispute because there is a lack of supply. I am noticing that people are overstaying, waiting for the landlord to take them to court, and then a month or a number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: I thank the Chair and witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: I am not done but I think it is fair-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Mick Barry: Let us talk about tomorrow. Tomorrow, representatives of Aer Lingus will walk into the Labour Court. This is a company which made €225 million profits last year and is part of an international group which made €3.5 billion in profit, and its representatives will sit across the table from pilots who have not had a pay increase in five years. Of course, I do not want to see a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: It seems we have the spokesperson for pilots before profit today. I thank Deputy Barry for that intervention. My position is very clear. It is crystal clear and could not be clearer. It is not for me on the floor of the Dáil, or respectfully for the Deputy, though he is perfectly entitled to, to give a view on which side is to blame, to apportion blame or to accuse one side of being...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Mick Barry: To oppose union busting?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: It is now reported that the Labour Court has requested that both parties submit final written submissions by close of business today. Let that be the focus, let there be a court hearing tomorrow and let us find a resolution in this dispute for once and for all in order that people can go on their holidays and go about their business.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I visited the Ardara Community Childcare centre yesterday and I was horrified to see the effect the defective blocks are having on the building. Ardara Community Childcare opened a purpose-built premises in the heart of Ardara town in 2007 after securing funding from the EU's special support programme for peace and reconciliation and with the help of many local funding initiatives in Ardara....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I am a bit perplexed. I would say the Deputy must have struggled on this dispute. I did not see this coming but maybe I should have. It is highly regrettable that any Member of this House would cast an aspersion on the Labour Court. We have a long-standing industrial relations mechanism in this country, with both the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court, that is a key...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Mick Barry: It is true.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: Exactly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: It is there to arbitrate, mediate and come up with solutions to very important things and to bring about industrial peace. The Deputy may not be a fan of industrial peace. I place quite a significant value on it. I thank the Deputy for his intervention today. I know how upsetting this dispute is to people. That is what I think is utterly reprehensible about this, and I say that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There will not be if Israel keeps bombing the Palesinians.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: Engagement with the two-state solution is absolutely essential. I am aware of the horrific situation. I am haunted by it, as I know people across this country are. Ireland continues to use its voice at every single opportunity in every single international forum. We do not just say things - we vote that way internationally, amend conclusions that way, provide extra humanitarian...