The Government is being accused of sowing enormous confusion in the rental sector.
Sinn Fein says the state’s “hollowing out” Rent Pressure Zones, and the crucial protections they provide for renters.
The Taoiseach says legislation to place the whole country under an RPZ will be passed by the next six weeks.
However, Sinn Fein’s Housing spokesperson Eoin O’Broin, says tenants are at risk next March of rising rents.