The Dáil is to debate the Government's rent reforms today – despite uncertainty if Fianna Fáil will support them.
The Dáil is to debate the Government's rent reforms today – despite uncertainty if Fianna Fáil will support them.
After a morning of rows in the Dáil, the legislation will now go back on the agenda and be debated until late tonight and again tomorrow if necessary.
Housing Minister Simon Coveney initially pulled the legislation from the Dáil business saying he was not prepared to preside over flawed legislation.
As opposition parties continued to plead for rent increases to only be linked to inflation, Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald defended the plan to cap rent rises in Dublin and Cork at four percent per year.
Meanwhile, the Chair of Clare's Housing Committee has hit out at the government's plans.
Shannon Indepedent Councillor Gerry Flynn has been telling me that rent caps are not the answer to the housing crisis and is accusing Simon Coveney of playing politics with people's lives.
