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

It is increasing and will continue to increase this year, next year and the year after, so that we add 50,000 social houses to the housing stock over the lifetime of Rebuilding Ireland. That is exactly what we are trying to achieve. Freezing rents across the country overnight may provide temporary reassurance to tenants but it will not solve this problem because it will fundamentally undermine the capacity to increase supply in many parts of the country.

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