Tánaiste accuses Sinn Féin of 'angry jack-in-the-box routine' over housing crisis

Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty said 'Fine Gael's approach to housing and to renters is letting the market run wild'

Simon Harris: 'Mom and pop landlords — people in my constituency and Deputy Doherty's — who rent out one or two properties are demonised. We need them to stay in the market.'

Simon Harris has accused Sinn Féin of conducting an "angry jack-in-the-box routine" as it tackled the Government's record on housing in a heated Dáil exchange.

During Leaders' Questions, Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty said figures from the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) showed that "rents are out of control".