Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The figures which Sinn Féin has brought up and therefore wishes to discuss show that in Dublin there was the lowest annual increase since 2013. Therefore, I certainly have not been able to sing this song previously because it is four or five years since it would have been possible to make that statement. Notwithstanding this, the Government is acting. We have already introduced the rent pressure zones by which most tenants are covered and which ensure that, except in some exceptional circumstances, rents increases are lower than 4%. In addition, other actions involve strengthening the enforcement powers of the Residential Tenancies Board and new legislation targeted for publication this term which will make it an offence to break the RPZ guidelines.

In addition to that, other actions also involve strengthening the enforcement powers of the Residential Tenancies Board and new legislation targeted for publication in this term will make it an offence to break the RPZ guidelines.

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