Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I want to ask when the Minister will expand the rent pressure zones and why he has taken such a softly, softly approach to the whole question. Rents are rising at a faster rate in places like Kildare, Meath, Laois and other areas adjacent to Dublin, in the suburbs of Cork and in areas adjacent to Galway, Limerick and Waterford cities but the Minister has not extended the rent pressure zones to those areas. I also ask the Minister to comment on the actual rates of rent.

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