Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In two-and-a-half years house prices have increased by 20%. Home ownership is now more difficult than at any other time in decades. Rents in the private rental sector have increased by a staggering 23%. That means that renting is more expensive than ever before. The Taoiseach, for the second day in a row, has claimed there were 50,000 new tenancies registered with the Residential Tenancies Board last year. That is not true. In fact, the Taoiseach knows that the Government now requires tenancies to be registered every single year. Therefore, the overwhelming majority of those tenancies are annual re-registrations. Under this Government's watch, as with its predecessor, the private rental sector has shrunk every single year for six years in a row and there was not a single plan or measure to address the consequences of that.

With respect to social and affordable housing, comparing output last year to 1975 when the population was almost 60% lower and housing need was lower, really is laughable.

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