Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the same issue, the data released today by the Residential Tenancies Board for quarter 2 of 2019 show that the rent pressure zones have been breached in 22 out of 26 counties. In six counties, renters are experiencing double-digit increases. In Dublin, rents are now on average €1,700 per month. That means that a renter in Dublin city is paying €1,600 more this year than he or she was this time last year. That is what is happening with the inertia of the Government. Outside Dublin, Limerick city experienced rent increases of 10.2% while in Waterford, they were 14.1%. Carlow and Offaly experienced the highest rental inflation last year, thereby showing that the rent crisis is neither unique nor confined to urban centres or the commuter belt. The rent pressure zones are failing and have failed dramatically.

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