Maria Bailey (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Are there plans in the future to review the criteria where local areas will qualify to be in a rent pressure zone?

I welcome the fact that from this initiative, 178,000 people now have security for the next three years and know exactly what they will be paying. I know that what is being attempted here is a very delicate balance and we need many answers to be teased out here today. Notwithstanding that, the security that we have given those people on foot of the actions that this committee assisted with before Christmas will benefit those families and will give them security of tenure for the next three years. That is important to note.

I would also like to know what is the long-term strategy for the sector and how we can ensure that landlords do not leave the rental sector because supply is a massive part of this. What are we doing to ensure that landlords do not leave the rental sector? What are we doing to improve the standards in the rental sector?