Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The Labour Party identified this problem some time ago. Deputy Ciarán Lynch prepared a Private Members' Bill and published it last June. This matter needs to be dealt with. Businesses are closing down because they are being screwed for high rents that might have had some degree of appropriateness in the good times, but are completely out of kilter in these times.

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