Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for clarity regarding the changes to rent pressure zone rules (details provided); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65539/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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On 10 June 2025, the Government approved policy measures including modifications to rent controls to come into effect on 1 March 2026 in order to boost investment in the supply of homes available for rent and keep existing landlords in the market. The changes agreed will also provide significantly stronger tenancy protections and are finely balanced between the interests of tenants and the need for further private investment in the rental market across the country.

For existing tenancies (i.e. those in place on 28 February 2026), landlords will continue to have the right to terminate a tenancy in line with the provisions of the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2025 as they apply on 28 February 2026.

My Department consulted extensively with the Office on the Attorney General in relation to the proposed amendments to the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2025. On 14 October 2025, Government approved the General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2025. This legislation is now subject to priority drafting by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage is currently conducting pre-legislative scrutiny.

A detailed communications campaign will be undertaken by my Department, in conjunction with the RTB, in advance of the introduction of the new legislative measures from 1 March 2026.

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