Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We are going to push up prices unless we control them. The raging free market got us the rental market that we have. I agree that more pressure on the rental sector will push up the prices unless controls are in place. I would like to focus on that in the short to medium term. I am talking about people who are scanning the rental sector here with a view to potentially moving, either from one part of Ireland to another or from abroad. Do the witnesses agree that we need to take somewhat more dramatic measures to ensure rental costs are controlled? I think that is what people will look at.