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

I move:

That Dáil Éireann:

notes that: - Fine Gael have been in Government for 12 years;

- Fianna Fáil have been propping them up for seven years;

- during that time the housing crisis has gone from bad to worse;

- rents are at an all-time high and rising; and

- the Government have missed the social and affordable housing targets three years in a row; notes with extreme concern that: - standardised average new rents in Dublin have increased by €4,716 and State-wide by €3,816 since this Government was formed;

- the latest Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) Q2 2023 Rent Index Report showed new rents increasing by 11.6 per cent, the highest annual increase since RTB records started in 2007, while rents for existing tenants rose by five per cent State-wide;

- in Dublin the increase is even more dramatic in financial terms, while rents are up 10 per cent on Q2 last year that amounts to an annual increase of €2,916; and

- twenty counties had rental inflation of over 10 per cent with many in the high teens; and calls on the Government to: - immediately introduce an emergency three-year ban on rent increases for existing and new tenancies; and

- put a full month's rent back in every private renter's pocket and increase supply of affordable properties to rent and buy.

I wish to share time with party colleagues.

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