Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

At present, local authorities throughout the country are transferring hundreds of tenants in private rented accommodation onto a scheme known as the rental accommodation scheme, RAS. Legislation to provide for that scheme has not yet been published, however. When will the social housing Bill be published? Can the Taoiseach tell the House on what authority or what legislative basis are local authorities currently entering into arrangements with landlords for——

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