Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is so important when we talk about big rents that we remind ourselves that it is not just in urban centres and big towns, the rental crisis is right across every rural constituency, including my own of Roscommon-Galway. The increases are consistent and they are continuing to rise month on month. Although it comes as no surprise, the biggest disappointment here this evening is that both the Minister and the Minister of State said nothing to people who are renting today whose rent is increasing and who cannot afford it. Talking about supply and different schemes does not solve their problem. Rents are continuing to rise and the Government is sitting back and doing nothing.

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