Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)

Surely Deputy Bacik agrees that we need more supply. We need more apartment building and what is needed for that? Certainty. We need policy certainty for renters and investors. That is what this package provides, because we do need private sector investment in apartment building. The final point I would make is that this is but one of a suite of measures that have been taken and are being taken to significantly change the dial in respect of both private sector investment and public sector investment, which we have already announced since the beginning of the year, at up to €800 million worth. Up to today, 83% of all tenancies are within RPZs. We are extending that to 100%. These are good measures. Surely Deputy Bacik should acknowledge that. I do not think she expected it. That is the problem. She declared that it was going to be the end of the RPZs and that is the problem with the Opposition. It has been caught out.

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