Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 April 2019

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will not, but we are making these changes for a reason. We saw hyperinflation in certain parts of the country but they were not going to be captured by rent pressure zones because the average rent in Dublin was racing ahead. One would assume that if these changes are correct, other areas where there has been high inflation will be captured because the national rent will be tied to something different.

Again, this is not the perfect solution. It is a good one. One wants to get to the point where tourism short-term letting is a regulated activity as a tourism activity. This is a planning measure, with regulations to regulate the planning aspect of it, to get the bulk of the properties back into use. We believe it will be most of them.

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