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

When we are designating an area as a rent pressure zone, we need to know that there has been a sustained and unaffordable level of rental inflation over a period and that the rents in the area are very high by comparison with the national average. If there is a sustained problem in Maynooth, it is likely to qualify at some stage in the not too distant future.

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