Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2026-02-25
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Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Dublin Central

Is waffle atá i gceist anois. This is on the Taoiseach. There is no balance here. The biggest landlord in the country could not be clearer. It knows that it can hike rents by 25% as a result of the Government's rent hike Bill. It knows that it will make an extra €21 million in rents each and every year. That means millions going into the pockets of corporate landlords and thousands coming out of the pockets of renters - security of tenure my eye. Those are the hard facts and the Taoiseach knows it. It is here in black and white. We are talking here about the biggest rip-off of renters in a generation. This sends a shiver down the spine of every renter across the land and it is directly because of the decisions and choices of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. The Government's legislation is causing this to happen and I have asked the Taoiseach to take responsibility for that. I have asked him before and I will ask him again. Will he intervene, now that the writing is on the wall, to stop these massive rent increases?

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Sitting date: 2026-02-25