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

I again thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I have said that I will engage with the Minister on this.

The Minister said in this House that he engaged with the Deputy about Tathony House. He has engaged with the council on this. We will examine this to see what we can do to help the tenants. Our only interest is helping the tenants in terms of security of tenure. All our legislation has been about security of tenure and trying to provide extra protections. In fact, we have been criticised for that by people on the other side who say this has reduced the number of properties available to rent so restrictive are the measures we have introduced. In this instance, there is a threshold at some stage in terms of where the State gets involved and buys up everything. I am not saying this is what the Deputy is saying here. He referenced specific cases on which we will follow through and see what we can do to help the tenants.

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