Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The previous Government was very clear in its attitude to supporting people who rent. Many thousands of families benefited from the introduction of the housing assistance payment scheme and the increase in rent supplement. I do not have an actual date for the publication of the comprehensive rental strategy that the Minister will produce. I assure Deputy Howlin that he is committed to bringing it in before the end of this session. I am sure he will do that. The Deputy said that the Government needs to act now. That is what the Government is doing with the introduction of the most comprehensive housing programme in the history of the State and the provision of money to back it.

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