Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The rental strategy is an important part of the housing strategy. The rental market has doubled in size in the past 20 years. Thousands of families rely on a sustainable and predictable rental market to provide certainty about where they will live in six weeks, six months or six years. We are trying to respond to changing circumstances and the crisis in supply in many parts of the country. It is not easy to get the balance right, which is the reason we have taken a little time to develop the strategy. I appeal to people to allow us to conclude the strategy. There will be an opportunity to debate the amendments to legislation we will introduce as part of the rental strategy as well as policy initiatives we will take to try to strike the right balance, which will not require legislation.

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