Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

At present, as we all know, market rent is an immeasurable quantity. Has the Minister considered looking at the mietspiegelarrangement in Germany, whereby local rents are calculated by local government on the basis of square metre? It is an index of the rent paid by tenants broken down by size, location, age and standard categories. It means there is a defined market rent by which tenant and landlord have a basis for comparison. I am not saying for one moment that we should throw the landlord to the wind. Security of tenure can also mean security for the landlord. There can be stability on both sides, which we lack at present.

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