Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I apologise if I am cutting across Deputy Michael Healy-Rae's time; I do not mean to. However, as this is a review almost of the budget, there did seem to be some surprise that there was no particular provision for landlords. There is a concern that there would be a landlord exodus. I know that in no way does Deputy Michael Healy-Rae expect me to be sticking up for landlords. However, there was a fear of a major reduction in mom-and-pop landlords and there was an expectation that there would be something in the budget for that. That is a comment generally for the witnesses. Would they have expected to see that? While it may have been politically untenable to do that, what would they have expected to see?