Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)

When will the landlord and tenant Bill be published? Will the Government consider the issue of upward-only rent reviews and in particular, legacy agreements on existing leases? In the summer, Colm McCarthy, commenting on a report he produced for Retail Excellence Ireland, said recent policy actions by the Government have been unsuccessfully challenged in the courts on the grounds that they infringed constitutional property rights. On that basis, he argued it may be worth reviewing the Government's position on legacy leases-----

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