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

By the legal team in my Department. That is the answer to the Deputy's question. I am not a legal draftsperson but I am told that that deals comprehensively with that issue. I am told that if the two year freeze does not apply, then what preceded it automatically applies, which is that there has be at least 12 months before there can be a rent review.

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