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

Amendment No. 17 addresses section 19 of the 2004 Act to remove the exemption from the maximum permitted rent increase of 4% per annum for dwellings in rent pressure zones that were not in the rental sector in the two years prior to the commencement of the letting of the dwelling. The expiry of the RPZ by virtue of amendment No. 33 will occur on 31 December 2021 so the application of the rent increase restrictions to these new lettings will be for a short period only and affect a maximum of two rent reviews. Amendment No. 17 would achieve substantially the same outcome as amendment No. 16, but my amendment only applies to rent reviews because application to the initial rent setting for tenancy of the dwelling would require the letting be preceded by another tenancy which, by definition, is not the case.