Rental Sector: Motion
Seanad Éireann — 2026-05-27
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Joanne Collins (SF), Agricultural Panel

I have been hearing about safeguards for tenants and renters and Ireland having some of the strongest protections for renters. If people cannot afford to rent a house, the safeguards and strongest protections are not worth the paper they are written on, because people will not have the house to have those safeguards. They will be stuck in emergency accommodation. I did smirk and laugh a little bit while some of my colleagues across the floor were speaking because I found it quite comical to hear that the Government has done so much for housing over the last number of years, and that it does this and does that. The only thing I can see the Government doing for housing is enabling evictions and putting policies in place that ensure landlords can undertake these evictions.

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Sitting date: 2026-05-27