James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

It is those very renters who are driving me to make these decisions. I want to ensure that renters are protected, that we have security of tenure and that we can get more supply. It is those renters who motivate me every day to drive supply in order that they can have somewhere to rent, live or own and can have options. The only way we can do that is by driving supply. We know that an eviction ban will only depress supply. It might give a short-term protection to existing renters, but it does nothing for them in the long run or even in the medium term. It does absolutely nothing; quite the opposite.