Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The proposals is as follows:

The Department carefully consider any proposed linking of affordable cost rents to an index such as CPI in the context of stagnant wage growth for lower income workers and to ensure any system of rent reviews or rent increases is exclusively tied to the principal of full cost recovery only.

Is the proposal agreed? Agreed. There is no requirement for a vote on proposal No. 2 which will be included in our report.

We will move on now to proposals Nos. 3, 4 and 5. Proposal No. 3 originated from Senator Moynihan and was discussed previously. Deputy Ó Broin also discussed it with Senator Moynihan and that discussion resulted in an amendment, which is proposal No. 5 from Deputy Ó Broin, encompassing Senator Moynihan's proposal. There is an additional amendment to that, which is proposal No. 4. I propose to proceed with a vote on No. 5. If that fails, we will vote on proposal No. 4.