Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Resumed)
2:00 pm
Mr. John McCarthy:
A critically important element of making sure that the rent pressure zone arrangement is fair and effective is that it needs to operate on a very objective basis. The Senator can have a policy debate with the Minister around the 7% and all of that, but the important thing is to ensure that it is objective and that it can be measured. It has extended to a number of additional areas. As recently as yesterday, it was extended to a number of further areas.
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