Taoiseach defends rental strategy that has been deemed ‘limited’

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has strongly defended the Government’s controversial rental strategy which has been deemed “far too limited in scope and scale”.

Mr Kenny came under fire in the Dáil from both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin after the Government announced it would still allow landlords increase rents by 4% per year in areas where rents have been spiralling out of control.

Mr Kenny said a decision to set the cap at 4% — one of the main elements Fianna Fáil have major difficulties with — was made for a number of “specific reasons”.