Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Kelly, has made it clear that rent controls are not possible. Recent reports have suggested that new powers may be given to the Private Residential Tenancies Board, PRTB, to curtail excessive rent increases by landlords. The haemorrhage from rent supplement arrangements and the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, to homelessness continues unabated. Can the Taoiseach confirm these reports and whether legislation is required, and when and if it will be brought forward? I assume this would be the landlord and tenant law reform Bill. It is urgent because there is an avalanche at the moment.

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