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‹ Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

Tenant deposit protection scheme

Summary

Deputy O'Callaghan raised tenants in liquidation who have not received deposits back and highlighted the long-delayed deposit protection scheme. The Taoiseach said the Housing Minister was actively considering proposals to help people recover deposits and avoid large upfront payments.

I want to ask the Taoiseach about tenants not getting their deposits back from landlords. Tenants who are renting from Period Door Properties are owed more than €200,000. Despite 36 determination orders in their favour, they have not received any of their deposits from the landlord, which has gone into liquidation. Tenants have lost out on about €1,800 each, which they simply cannot afford. As the Taoiseach will know, legislation for a deposit protection scheme was introduced in 2015. Six years later, the deposit protection scheme has still not been set up. What is the Government doing to help these tenants to get back their deposits, which they are legally entitled to do, and when will a deposit protection scheme be set up?

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The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has already committed in that regard, particularly in terms of students and so forth. He is very actively considering that and, I think, he already has proposals developed in regard to helping people, in the first instance, not to have to commit too much in advance and to get their deposits back.

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