Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

The Government chose not to extend the ban on rent increases and evictions for at least another three months for fear of a court challenge from landlords. This is a Government of gutless wonders. Does the Taoiseach not think it would have been better to extend the ban and prepare to face down any court challenge by arguing that such bans are clearly and demonstrably in the public interest in the context a dangerous virus abroad within our society?

The programme for Government, on page 60, commits to improving the security of renters. Will the Taoiseach agree that in bending the knee so cravenly to the landlord lobby this Government has badly let down the hundreds of thousands of people who rent in this country it promised to protect?

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