Rent protections 'all in favour of the tenants', says property owners' group

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien intends bringing forward plans to limit deposits to two months' rent.

A spokesperson for the Irish Property Owners Association has called for the amount of deposits to be left to the discretion of landlords rather than a specific time scale as proposed under new regulations being discussed in the Dáil today.

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien intends bringing forward plans to limit deposits to two months' rent.