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Sinn Féin urge support for bill to ‘protect student renters and their parents’

written by Chris McNulty April 26, 2021
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PEARSE Doherty and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, have urged cross-party support for the USI calls to provide greater protections for student renters. 

The motion will be heard in the Dáil on Wednesday.

The Sinn Féin TDs have noted the importance of this issue for constituents from Donegal who do not have the option, in many cases, to commute to third level education institutions and who are forced to pay extortionate rents in Dublin, Galway and elsewhere.

Doherty said: “The Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021, drafted by the USI alongside Sinn Féin spokesperson on Housing Eoin Ó Broin and spokesperson on Higher Education Rose Conway-Walsh, will provide greatly improved protections for student renters and their parents.

“The bill has been signed by 56 opposition TDs.

Many students renting student accommodation currently pay a term in advance, which usually runs from September to May, and can cost from on average €5,000 in Galway to an average €9000 for UCD per year.

“This is a huge outlay for many families, especially middle-income households who cannot access SUSI grants.

“The bill would prevent providers of student specific accommodation from charging more than one month’s rent in advance.”

Mac Lochlainn said: “Crucially, the bill also addresses concerns raised by the USI about students and their parents not being able to access refunds when they had to leave, or could not take up, student accommodation due to Covid-19 restrictions.

“In the past year, many students have found themselves unable to access their accommodation due to public health measures, and were denied rent refunds for unused accommodation. This bill allows for the prompt refunds in such instances.

“This bill would also enable a student to end a tenancy in student-specific accommodation by serving the landlord with a notice of termination of 28 days.

“We are calling on all TDs to support this bill to provide students, and their parents, the protections they require.”

Sinn Féin urge support for bill to ‘protect student renters and their parents’ was last modified: April 26th, 2021 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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