Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am referring to the commitment in the programme for Government to legislate with regard to upward-only rents. The point is that this is a competitive disadvantage to the State. It costs jobs and exports. Indeed, a large number of businesses around the country have gone out of business as a result of upward-only rents.

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