Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister brought them in in December, to be fair. The 2% limit was introduced by legislation in December. It will take some time to bed in. The rent control board will carry out its own engagement with landlords to make sure that the legislation is adhered to. The rent pressure zones have been around for quite some time and are similar to the measures in France that the Deputy suggested. The overall point I will make is that this comes back to supply. We need cost-rentals, private rental and private homes but we also need very significant social housing provision, which we are doing. We need to support affordable housing to get to 33,000 units of mixed tenure type per annum. A lot hinges on supply.

I would make the same point in response to Deputy Murphy . Rents are too high in Dublin, but cost rentals are well below the market rate.

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