Rental Sector
Dail Éireann — 2026-03-05
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

The Minister has introduced legislation allowing landlords to reset rents upwards, which is unbelievable when rents are already unaffordable for the vast majority of people and we have an unprecedented homelessness crisis. Does the Minister have any plans to make rents affordable in the private rental sector or is he just admitting this is a Government that is about increasing rents in order to benefit landlords who profit from the housing misery that results from unaffordable rents?

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Sitting date: 2026-03-05