Rent protections do not go far enough, opposition TDs say

Fianna Fáil TD Darragh O'Brien said that the bill was "a timely and proportionate response to the continued elevated threat and impact of the pandemic". File picture: RollingNews.ie

The Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien has been accused of "giving with one hand and taking away with the other" as the Residential Tenancies Bill came before the Dáil.

The bill will see the current eviction ban and rent freeze extended to July, but opposition TDs said that the protections in the bill do not go far enough.