Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

My amendment is very similar to Deputy O'Callaghan's. It relates to the designation of rent pressure zones across the country in each administrative area, for the reasons that have been outlined. Rents are not just out of control in urban areas, which we have seen over the last few years, but are under pressure across the country. They are at a point now where they justify this type of intervention. That is why we designed this amendment in this way to demand this kind of action at this point in time.

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