Seamus Coffey: There should be caution about tax cuts for landlords

There are very few new entrants to replace these exiting landlords

UCC economist Seamus Coffey: 'Twenty years ago, in 2003, there were around 22,000 mortgages drawn down for buy-to-let properties. Last year it was 800.'

Ireland’s housing system has three main sectors: Owner-occupiers, social housing, and private renting. 

Almost all the policies promoted and introduced are aimed at owner-occupiers and social housing. We need more of both of those, but renters — current and prospective — deserve somewhere to live too.