Government accused of 'gaslighting' renters

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald called on the Government to introduce a tax credit worth a month's rent, a ban on rent increases, and to extend the eviction ban.

Mary Lou McDonald  said that "what people are being offered for their hard-earned money is beyond a joke". Picture: Brian Lawless

The Government has been accused in the Dáil of "gaslighting" renters.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald made the charge to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in light of a recent Daft.ie report which shows the average rent in Ireland hit €1,733 per month in the final quarter, up 13.7% on the same period a year ago.