Simon Harris said that further housing proposals will be brought to Cabinet next week.

Micheál Martin also denied that the government ‘flew kites’ on its rent control proposals, which he described as ‘modest’.

The Taoiseach said he did not accept that the rent proposals would lead to an increase in evictions and rent costs.

James Browne said rents are ‘way too high’ as he unveiled a new package of rent controls.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said these were the ‘strongest set of rent protection measures we’ve ever had in the history of the state’.

James Browne said rents are ‘way too high’ in Ireland, but would not comment on when he expected them to fall.

Rent pressure zones (RPZ) were introduced in 2016 to help control spiralling costs for tenants.

Rent pressure zones were introduced in 2016 to help control spiralling increases for tenants.

This is up from a low of just €765 in 2011 and 48 per cent higher than before the outbreak of COVID-19.

The Taoiseach sent emails he received from his Cork South-Central constituents for the Housing Minister to examine.

Rents rose by 19% in Limerick city and 10% in Cork city in the final quarter of the year compared with 12 months earlier.

A new report into housing in Ireland by the Irish Council for International Students has revealed that one in 20 international students are being exposed to proposals of rent-free accommodation in exchange for sex

For the first time, the average rent for existing tenancies grew at a faster rate than for new tenancies

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the property owner, Patricia Geraghty, had discriminated against the tenancy applicant, Frank Zimmermann.

The average open-market rent nationwide in the third quarter was €1,955 per month, up 7.7 per cent year-on-year

Judge Jennifer O’Brien set a new rent between Bewley's and its landlord, RGRE Grafton Limited, at just over €713,000.

Marianna Broughan, 37, lives in a rented property in Athy, Co Kildare with her five-year-old daughter and seven-year-old son.

The biggest budget in the history of the State has been unveiled, the last before an upcoming General Election.

The report by Savills Ireland, showed Monaghan has the lowest amount of homes to rent in Ireland, with 2.4 homes per 10,000 people

Inflation in market rents remains significantly lower in Dublin than elsewhere in the country.

Gardaí said one third of all accommodation scams take place during August to September each year

Large landlords account for more than one in five private tenancies in Dublin.

Labour leader Ivana Bacik said that average house prices were ‘a whopping’ 35% more expensive nationally than they were at the start of the pandemic.

The new statistics show that the cost of rent has gone up by 5.9% in existing tenancies and 9.1% for new renters in the last year.

It comes as new statistics show that the cost of rent has gone up by 5.9% in existing tenancies and 9.1% for new renters in the last year.

The average open-market rent nationwide in the final quarter was €1,850 per month.