Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The level at which these rents stand should be borne in mind. Our motion this evening calls for a rate of at least 17%. We are simply reiterating what we told the Government at the time, that anything less than 17% would fail to be an adequate disincentive to clip the wings of the vulture funds. We are repeating that. I see no reason for the Taoiseach not to support the motion if he is, as he says, concerned with stopping this practice. I do not have to provide the figures I have quoted to the Taoiseach. The CSO has published them. The Taoiseach is not familiar with these figures but I put it to him that he should be. When he studies them, he will find they affirm that one in ten homes sold in the year 2021 were snapped up by these funds, some in bulk purchases and others in numbers that fall beneath that threshold. This is a significant issue rather than a marginal one. You got it wrong in 2021. Do not get it wrong again, Taoiseach.

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