Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is an unintended consequence of one of the State's welcome actions to accommodate refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine. I refer specifically to the tax-free payment of €800 to landlords. The issue is that houses which ordinarily may come to the open rental market, particularly in parts of the country not like Dublin, where rents are especially high, are exclusively being devoted for rental under the Government's tax-free refugee scheme. Given the extraordinary shortage in rental properties and the exponential increase in eviction notices, and in order to address in some way the discriminatory situation this has created, will the Government introduce a tax-free allowance of €800 per month for all residential rental income so that Irish citizens, too, can have the opportunity to secure a home to rent?

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