Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I note the Taoiseach had his Duracells changed this morning. On an area that was not addressed, has the cross-departmental team with responsibility for housing considered the issue of housing in the private rented sector? Is the Taoiseach aware that the number of households in receipt of rent supplement now exceeds 40% of the entire private rented sector? This is a statistic learned from a recent Parliamentary Question to the Minister for Social and Family Affairs. Does the Taoiseach accept it is clear these people should be accommodated within the social rented sector as the State is massively subsidising the private rented sector, and this statistic only underscores it? Will the Taoiseach reply to the specifics of my questions?

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