Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I put this question last week and the week before and did not receive a response. I will put it a final time. Will the Government change the rent supplement and rent cap levels? The market has changed dramatically and the Government has simply not responded to the marketplace. People are being left homeless as a result. Focus Ireland indicated that it had to deal with 45 families in October compared to eight families in the same month last year. The position has worsened dramatically. While I accept that changing the rent supplement regime is not the only solution, such a change would have an immediate impact.

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