Rent pressure zone designation periods in Dublin and Cork

QUESTION

To ask the Minister for Housing; Planning and Local Government his plans to extend the rent pressure zone designation periods beyond three years in Dublin and Cork from December 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

REPLY

On 2 April 2019, Government approved  committee stage amendments to the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No 2) Bill 2018,  which will, among other measures, see the designation of Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) extended to the end of 2021.

This Bill is scheduled for Dáil Committee Stage on 11 April 2019 and I will be working to have it complete its passage through both Houses as quickly as possible thereafter