I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."
Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Order for Second Stage.
Bill entitled an Act to provide – (a) in accordance with the exigencies of the common good, for a measure of security of tenure for tenants of certain dwellings, (b) for amendments of the law of landlord and tenant in relation to the basic rights and obligations of each of the parties to tenancies of certain dwellings, (c) with the aim of allowing disputes between such parties to be resolved cheaply and speedily, for the establishment of a body to be known as the Private Residential Tenancies Board and the conferral on it of powers and functions of a limited nature in relation to the resolution of such disputes, (d) for the registration of tenancies of certain dwellings, and (e) for related matters.
Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. N. Ahern)
Question put and agreed to.