Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2022-06-29
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Michael McGrath (FF), Cork South-Central

I thank the Deputy. Any example of a landlord asking prospective tenants to become involved in a bidding war and say how much they are willing to pay to outbid each other is completely unacceptable. It is not something the Government believes should be happening in the market. We are in a situation where, increasingly, small landlords with one, two or three properties are leaving the market. We have to examine the reason they are leaving the market when rents are so high. There are some reasons for that and the Government is going to have to seek to address them. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, has already brought forward several Bills on the rental market and I know he is planning further measures.

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Sitting date: 2022-06-29