Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The rent pressure zones have been reviewed. Legislation will come to the House very shortly that will strengthen the rent pressure zones and also allow new enforcement powers for the RTB as well as the money that was provided to it in the budget for 2019. I am in discussions with the RTB on the qualifying criteria for the rent pressure zones because it is something we need to keep under review constantly as we continue to deal with the shortage we have in housing. The CSO has released recent data for increases in construction of housing completions which are continuing to trend upwards by the thousands each quarter.

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