Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy asked questions and, in all fairness, I have given her the answers.

Her third question was on rent control. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, is reviewing it to see if it is possible to bring in rent certainty into how rents are structured, a move which I strongly support. This is detailed work which will require levels of regulation and possibly legislation. There are landlords who are arbitrarily seeking to raise rents by very large amounts, way in excess of market prices.

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