Sinn Fein renters motion 'threadbare'

The Government is being urged to immediately introduce a three year ban on rent increases. Latest figures from the residential tenancies board show that there was an almost 12% increase in rental costs for new tenancies across Sligo and Leitrim. In Donegal the figure was over 12%. Existing tenants also saw their rent rise by 8.5% in Sligo and 9% in Leitrim in the last year. In the Dail last night, Donegal Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty pointed the finger of blame at the Housing Minister: But responding Minister Darragh O'Brien says that the Sinn Fein motion is threadbare that offers no real solutions: