Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien to seek Cabinet approval for extension of Rent Pressure Zone rules until December 2025
The Government is to extend rules restricting rent increases until after the next general election, The Irish Times has learned. The Rent Pressure Zone rules, which have expanded to cover almost all private tenancies since they were introduced in 2016, were due to expire in December this year.
Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien is expected to brief his ministerial colleagues on the level of commencement notices submitted last month, which is understood to have reached 18,000.Ireland’s ‘sick’ car insurance system: A scrape involving two drivers who know each other turns ‘nasty’ Mr O’Brien will also ask the Government to add Co Sligo to the remediation scheme for homes damaged by defective concrete blocks.
About 800 childcare settings will benefit where 35,000 children are enrolled. The scheme will commence in September, with €4.5 million allocated for this year. Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke is to bring forward a package of measures for small business which may include double payments for firms in the hospitality and retail sectors under a pre-existing rates refund programme, as well as PRSI breaks worth €50 million. The Government is also considering slowing the introduction of minimum wage hikes and increases to the number of sick days an employee can take. Surpluses in the National Training Fund of up to €1.
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