Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Dr. Michael Byrne made the point in his contribution that the likes of Revenue’s data on the rent-a-room scheme might need to be included in this overall conversation too. I believe there was, anecdotally, quite an increase in the uptake in rent-a-room last year, but the year prior to that, there were almost 11,000 units – as in individual houses – where there could have been multiple people. That would be significant to bake into those numbers as well. That is a minimum of a fifth of that overall figure of 50,000.

My second question is whether the witnesses believe that landlords are leaving the market and, if so, what data is that determination based on? That question is for everybody.