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

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Kelly, has stated that he would introduce rent controls or, as he called them, "rent certainty". When I asked about this matter, I was repeatedly told that the Minister was considering introducing legislation. We have a crisis. It has been described by eminent people as a humanitarian crisis.

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