Newstalk Breakfast it's now clear the pressure zone policy hasn't achieved what was intended. Ó Broin: Ban rent increases for three years so incomes can 'catch up' 00:00:00 / 00:00:00
He said: “In many areas where rents were meant to be capped annually at 4% [increase], we’ve seen increases of 5%, 6% and 8%. Limerick City and Waterford City in the last year - even with COVID taken into account - have seen rent increases of 8% and 5% respectively. “Rents are now too high, and what I’d like to see is a ban on future increases for an emergency period of three years to allow incomes to catch up with where rents are at.