The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 will be introduced in the Seanad next week. It contains no measures on rent certainty. However, given the highly concerning figures for the third quarter of 2016, will the Taoiseach commit to amending the Bill? Given Deputy Micheál Martin and his crocodile tears this morning, will he commit to supporting this? The average monthly rent is now €1,077. The Government is failing those in the rental sector. Rent certainty would put a brake on the unaffordable rent increases thousands of people face. We have enough of lip service and platitudes. Will the Taoiseach commit to amending the Bill to include rent certainty that is so desperately needed by so many households?

I am committed to ensuring that the Minister brings forward a comprehensive rent strategy to the House in the next number of weeks. Last week we cleared a housing Bill in Cabinet and it is going to the Seanad next week. A comprehensive rent strategy is a different matter and that will be in here in the next couple of weeks.

Will it include rent certainty?

Yes. It will deal with stability and certainty, as I have outlined to the House.