Really? Who made that claim?
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From Minister Browne in the Dail on the permanency and certainty of the new rules.
"The situation at the moment is very temporary. We are now moving to permanent rent regulation in this country. We are giving certainty to tenants, landlords, investors and the State by bringing in a resolution to the rental situation in this country into the future. That is really important"
"On 27 January 2026, the Government approved the publication of the Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026. This Bill will amend the current system of rent controls significantly and provide new measures to protect tenants, including a no-fault eviction ban for larger landlords, reduced grounds for smaller landlords and stronger security of tenure. It will come into effect for new tenancies from 1 March 2026. We want to provide certainty, clarity and stability for the rental sector."
Minister Browne again here on how the new rules will solve the problems in the PRS
"The government today announced new policy measures to boost investment in the supply of homes for rent and provide certainty to the wider residential market, while further extending protections for renters."
Investment will be boosted, tenants will be protected and certainty achieved.
"The situation at the moment is very temporary. We are now moving to permanent rent regulation in this country. We are giving certainty to tenants, landlords, investors and the State by bringing in a resolution to the rental situation in this country into the future. That is really important"
"On 27 January 2026, the Government approved the publication of the Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026. This Bill will amend the current system of rent controls significantly and provide new measures to protect tenants, including a no-fault eviction ban for larger landlords, reduced grounds for smaller landlords and stronger security of tenure. It will come into effect for new tenancies from 1 March 2026. We want to provide certainty, clarity and stability for the rental sector."
Minister Browne again here on how the new rules will solve the problems in the PRS
"The government today announced new policy measures to boost investment in the supply of homes for rent and provide certainty to the wider residential market, while further extending protections for renters."
Investment will be boosted, tenants will be protected and certainty achieved.
He doesn't sound quite so certain these days, here he is recently speaking to RTE
"I appreciate there is always going to be that short-term challenge, and in particular, some renters now are, I think, facing those challenges, but if we didn't make changes, we were never going to solve this housing crisis," Mr Browne said.
Still the new rules are ultimately the solution to the crisis, even if he is now saying that there are a few speedbumps along the way.
"I appreciate there is always going to be that short-term challenge, and in particular, some renters now are, I think, facing those challenges, but if we didn't make changes, we were never going to solve this housing crisis," Mr Browne said.
Still the new rules are ultimately the solution to the crisis, even if he is now saying that there are a few speedbumps along the way.
Everyone knows what changes are required to fix the issues. They just wont say it out loud. So then they implement populist rules and end up making it worse. Not one new set of rules has done anything but make it worse. And none of them will say it. Slaves to the vote. No interest at all in actually doing their job.
So much for the advent of AI
Yes, and between €23m plus per year for the RTB, €16m I think for the inspections, €2m or €3m for Threshold landlord bashing is a lucrative business to be in!
Plus on the legal advisers who we'll have to get advice from on all these Residential Tenancies Bills.
Depends on how you look at it
Home owners around 76.4% private landlords around 13.3 total around 89,7%
more than likely if the 13.3% drops the 76.4 % rises leaving around 10.3% to other types of home rentals,
The small Private Landlords are not in the mix to solve the housing problem for people on low incomes and we have more and more of this sector renting,
I say this as a small private Landlord,
The 13.3% of private Landlords and possibly falling are friends of the parties in power but the parties in power are no friends of Landlords,
The parties in power know well the best way of holding on to votes is to look after renters and let their landlords supporters suffer the pain,
around 54,000 rented households are in hap so the 13.3% of real private
Landlords rental units may be overstated by over 20%
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I would have thought they would be courting the 76% not the 10% if that was the case
The % is homes and homes don't vote,
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You don't believe there is any correlation between number of properties and registered voters?
Just received an email update from the IPOA as follows
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Termination During Probationary Period
The Residential Tenancies Act still allows for a probationary period in the first six months of a tenancy. To terminate a tenancy in the first six months a valid notice of termination must be served. The recent legislation amended the mandatory periods for this notice, now requiring no more and no less than 90 days – it must be EXACTLY 90 days; starting from the day after the notice was served to the tenant. Please note this will disqualify you from resetting your rent at the beginning of the next tenancy in this property.
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Termination During Probationary Period
The Residential Tenancies Act still allows for a probationary period in the first six months of a tenancy. To terminate a tenancy in the first six months a valid notice of termination must be served. The recent legislation amended the mandatory periods for this notice, now requiring no more and no less than 90 days – it must be EXACTLY 90 days; starting from the day after the notice was served to the tenant. Please note this will disqualify you from resetting your rent at the beginning of the next tenancy in this property.
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Hmm, I wonder how that interacts with the High Court ruling.
They may be assuming that it is served on the next day.
So you decide 5 months in to terminate it's too late as they will be entitled to the 6 years after 6 months. Even if they say that can't happen it will and the RTB will side with ? You guessed it. So effectively now the 6 months probationary is 3 months.
Is that due to change to 120 days with this new bill?
Amendment of section 65 of Act of 2004.
(1) Section 65(4) of the Act of 2004 is amended by the substitution of “120 days” for “90 days”.
(2) The amendment of section 65(4) of the Act of 2004 effected by subsection (1) shall apply only in respect of a notice of termination referred to in that section served after the date of commencement of subsection (1).
Existing:
S65 (4) If the duration of the tenancy concerned is less than 6 months, a period of notice of more than F195[90 days] may not be given in respect of it.
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In the Explanatory Memorandum to the new Residential Tenancies Bill going through the Dail at the moment, the 90 days is being increased to 120 days, so four months now
This is, per the Memorandum, to make things easier for landlords
Change to 120 days is proposed per the ever helpful RTB per the Memorandum.
This is, per the Memorandum, to make things easier for landlords
Change to 120 days is proposed per the ever helpful RTB per the Memorandum.
I'm not sure if this is the same bill but as I quote, below the "aim of the register is to try to force more holiday lets into the private rental market". If reported accurately, then the primary aim is not to regulate short-term AirBNB-style rents - which would be fair enough - rather, the primary aim is yet another attempt to "interfere" in normal market forces regarding the private rental market.
Why on earth would a property owner who currently has the "freedom" of short-term rentals, not to mention potentially a large income, be mad enough to take on a minimum 6-year lease with caps on rent levels? Not to mention those property owners who use an apartment themselves and rent it out when they are not using it.... so this measure hurts the tourist market, and won't benefit much the supply of long-term rents. More tinkering to no good effect.
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Why on earth would a property owner who currently has the "freedom" of short-term rentals, not to mention potentially a large income, be mad enough to take on a minimum 6-year lease with caps on rent levels? Not to mention those property owners who use an apartment themselves and rent it out when they are not using it.... so this measure hurts the tourist market, and won't benefit much the supply of long-term rents. More tinkering to no good effect.
Ireland to introduce some of Europe’s ‘strictest’ rules on short-term lets, says Minister
Register for Airbnb-style lets being created with view to force homes out of holiday market and in to private rental sector
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This does mean that
One aspect is that the longer the notice, the longer the possible probationary period.
You need to send the notice within 6 months of the start of the tenancy but it doesn't have to end within 6 months.
The increase of the notice period means that 6 months plus 120 days is possible in theory.
Ofc, it does make it so that you need to give notice earlier if you want to be able to try again if it fails. Though I think with RTB delays, they will not give a ruling in time anyway.
One aspect is that the longer the notice, the longer the possible probationary period.
You need to send the notice within 6 months of the start of the tenancy but it doesn't have to end within 6 months.
The increase of the notice period means that 6 months plus 120 days is possible in theory.
Ofc, it does make it so that you need to give notice earlier if you want to be able to try again if it fails. Though I think with RTB delays, they will not give a ruling in time anyway.
You do wonder who is coming up with this stuff and why they think it will help.
They thought that the new rental rules would have loads of investors rushing into the market, rents would go up and then fall under the weight of new supply. What is enticing about permanent/6 year tenancies, permanent rent control and the RTB breathing down your neck when you try to increase the rent or make a mistake in a form?