Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion

11:00 am

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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I appreciate the answer but the only reason I ask is that in Waterford city, for example, there would be EDs which have a high concentration of rental properties on which the Department probably would have a sufficient amount of data but because they are surrounded by EDs and the LEA that have different rents, those areas are excluded. In some cases, anecdotal evidence suggests that their level of rent stress could be even higher than areas that are included. Cities such as Waterford or some of the commuter belt areas, particularly those close to Dublin, might warrant the Department going back to that ED level if that is possible.