Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Housing is now a desperate crisis. The rent cap, put in place by the Government in areas of housing pressure, is not helping the market. It is driving landlords away from the provision of social housing and is driving them into the Airbnb business. I ask the Taoiseach not to proceed any further and not to designate any other areas in the State for rent caps. It is having an adverse effect and is not helping the social housing market. I ask that the Taoiseach desists from imposing rent caps in any other part of the country.

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