Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There are five concrete proposals. The National Economic and Social Council, NESC, produced a very good report entitled Ireland’s Private Rental Sector: Pathways to Secure Occupancy and Affordable Supply. The author of that report could be invited to the committee. The chair of the Private Residential Tenancies Board, PRTB, could also be a good person to invite. I would also suggest a representative from Threshold, the overarching body for those who live in the private rented sector. Mr. Bob Jordan is the head of Threshold. One of the two groups of landlord representative bodies could also be included.

There is a whole discussion to be had around real estate investment trusts, REITs, coming in and buying up significant portfolios of properties. I do not have a particular person in mind from that sector, but it should be part of our discussion. Inviting somebody who is involved in the REIT sector would allow the committee to interrogate that matter.