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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-03-26/6/
26 Mar 2020 - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-03-27/7/
27 Mar 2020 - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-03-26/12/
26 Mar 2020 - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-03-26/9/
26 Mar 2020 - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed)
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-03-27/10/
27 Mar 2020 - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Motion for Earlier Signature
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-03-27/9/
27 Mar 2020 - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-03-27/10/
27 Mar 2020 - the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020 on a date which is earlier than... the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-03-26/12/
26 Mar 2020 - the operation of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020. (b... Deputy Bríd Smith I move amendment No. 19: In page 9, between lines 12 and 13, to insert
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-03-26/12/
26 Mar 2020 - to section 5(1) of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 after “tenancy... of 56 days, which is less than the three months emergency period. The proposed amendments simply... to the three-month emergency period. Therefore, a landlord should not be able to serve a notice... to quit for arrears during the three-month emergency period.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-03-27/9/
27 Mar 2020 - . The Bill provides for the Covid-19 emergency period to be of three months' duration to begin... the Covid-19 emergency for any reason. The limitation on the constitutionally protected property rights... the eviction after the Covid-19 emergency on the same basis as before. There will be no further need... months before the Covid-19 emergency and the landlord had intended to terminate the tenancy at that time..., and still intends to terminate after the Covid-19 emergency, the intervening emergency period
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-03-27/9/
27 Mar 2020 - ) the capacity of the State to respond to the risk to public health posed by the spread of Covid-19... of the public, (vii) the need to mitigate the social and economic effects of the spread of Covid-19... the following: "(iv) the nature and potential impact of Covid-19 on individuals, society and the State, (v... and to reduce homelessness, in the interest of the common good,".
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-03-26/12/
26 Mar 2020 - of members of the public, (iv) the need to mitigate the economic effects of the spread of Covid-19... the following: “(i) the nature and potential impact of Covid-19 on individuals, society... of Covid-19, (iii) the policies and objectives of the Government to protect the health and welfare... and the State, (ii) the capacity of the State to respond to the risk to public health posed by the spread..., and (v) the need to ensure the provision of adequate housing, in the interest of the common good
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-03-26/12/
26 Mar 2020 - of Covid-19 or to deal with public health risks arising from the spread of Covid-19, and where
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-03-26/12/
26 Mar 2020 - is this threat to public health, the highly contagious nature of Covid-19 and the need to restrict... the movement of people to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Under section 4(2) of the Bill, a Government... these for the public health reasons and the public health emergency. We think it is a bit too far to go beyond...-month emergency period extended to 12 months. We think that is unnecessary. Section 4 makes adequate... provision that, should the need arise, the Government can extend the emergency period beyond three
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-03-27/9/
27 Mar 2020 - interest. While I recognise this is emergency legislation in nature and focused on Covid-19, it cannot... a ban on evictions and a rent freeze for the period of the Covid-19 emergency. This will initially... in the State. It is in the public interest to keep people in their homes during and following a public... sections and include an assessment of the economic impact of Covid-19 but when it comes to preventing... Higgins's amendment No. 6. I welcome the Bill and the provisions relating to housing which implement
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-03-26/9/
26 Mar 2020 - workers will be entitled to the Covid-19 emergency payment. Likewise, one is also entitled..., one can, provided one has lost a job due to Covid-19, also claim the Covid-19 emergency payment... on the housing measures in the Bill. It is important to say that this is an emergency Bill to cover a period... of the Covid-19 emergency. The Government urges landlords and tenants to work together to ensure the best... of earnings because of closure due to Covid-19 will depend on the specifics of the business's policy
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-03-27/9/
27 Mar 2020 - Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee I move amendment No. 32: In page 21, line 19, after “Covid-19... of emergency. I would appreciate the Minister accepting these amendments.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-04-02/3/
2 Apr 2020 - An Ceann Comhairle Seanad Éireann has passed the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020, without amendment.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-03-27/9/
27 Mar 2020 - . This legislation will allow people who may have been served a notice to quit during the Covid-19 emergency period... not fair that these people will specifically have time spent living in their homes due to the Covid-19... to remain in their homes for the duration of this public health crisis, which is welcome. Within... will still come with massive social and economic costs once the crisis is over. This Bill explicitly... emergency period discounted in calculating their entitlement to Part 4 tenancy protections. I urge
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-03-27/9/
27 Mar 2020 - Horkan, along with the unprecedented nature of the challenges arising from the Covid-19 situation... during the Covid-19 period should contact his or her local authority with regard to any rates payments... would not have any effect on rates levied in 2020, as the bulk of provision in local government rates... into effect in 2020. Rates levied in 2020 were not levied under the 2019 Act but under the original rates.... The measure will be implemented by each local authority in its own area and was announced by the Government
