Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour) | Oireachtas source

What we are talking about is a narrow change to the contours of the right to private property such that upward-only rent reviews would be deemed contrary to public policy and, therefore, unenforceable by the courts. The retail sector has the potential to provide 15,000 jobs. This was the Labour Party's assessment in advance of the last election, and that has not changed. This is still an issue that needs to be addressed, even if it requires a referendum.

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