Conor D McGuinness: Condemns Rip-off Rent Bill for Renters
Conor D McGuinness criticised the minister's 'rip-off rent' bill, arguing it changes how renting is regulated and will make an already broken system worse. He warned the measure will 'shaft renters' and accused Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, the Healey Ray Group and the Lowry Group of gutting protections instead of strengthening them.
Allegation of regulatory rollback
McGuinness said the bill changes how renting is regulated and represents a shift that will make an already broken system even worse.
Impact on renters
He warned that the change "will shaft renters" at a time when those renters are facing record rents and intense cost-of-living pressures.
Political responsibility
He addressed the minister directly and blamed Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, the Healey Ray Group and the Lowry Group for choosing to gut controls when they should be strengthening them.
Household pressures cited
McGuinness framed his criticism against the backdrop of record rents and intense cost-of-living pressures facing renters, arguing the timing of these changes is especially harmful.
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Minister, your rip-off rent bill changes how renting is regulated and it's a shift that will make an already broken system even worse, if you could credit that. It will shaft renters. At a time when those renters are facing record rents and intense cost-of-living pressures, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, the Healey Ray Group and the Lowry Group have chosen to gut controls when you should be strengthening them.
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