Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We will give them a little more because we are not due to finish until 6 p.m. I hear what Mr. Duggan is saying about a perverse incentive. I thank that on board. Let us imagine a world where all landlords did the right thing. Even in that scenario, knowing the cohort of tenants that Threshold deals with regularly, does Mr. Duggan think that tenants moving into tenancies at the upper limit would be able to afford those rents? That was the question I was asking. If we say to landlords that they can reset the rents between two tenants, that means that if I get a notice to quit and I move out, I will have to pay €2,200 for a two-bedroom property in Dublin.

I have a question for Mr. Davitt. Nobody has talked about the tax strategy review by the Department of Finance. Does Mr. Davitt have views in that regard? The Department set out its recommendations. It does not support some of the key requests of the IPOA or IPAV. Do they want to put on record their response to the tax strategy group report? It argues that Government should not do the things that the witnesses are asking and I am interested in giving them an opportunity to respond.