Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2026-05-20
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

-----which will destroy supply. Any international organisation analysing the rental market or any property market has said time and again that rent controls or the freezing of rents just reduces supply, kills the market for the long term and will keep prices at too high a level. The Housing Commission recommended that we had to change the rental situation in terms of the rent pressure zones.

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Sitting date: 2026-05-20