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The Government's plan to lock people who are renting houses into six-year tenancies is not going to work in Kerry. People get on to me every day because landlords are refusing to continue leasing properties to them. Trying to force people into six-year tenancies is not going to work. The plan the Government has to force Airbnb properties into long-term letting is not going to work either. That is how people have been getting their livelihoods up until now. The only ones who are getting planning permission for one-off houses in Kerry are farmers' sons and daughters. That is fine, and we appreciate it. However, anyone else out in the country who has been there all their life is not getting planning permission. I have been asked several times to do something about that. The tenant in situ scheme is not working simply because the county council will go out to look at a house and will find anything, something or many things wrong with the house, and will not buy it. The council will not buy any second-hand house in Kerry, only new houses. I want the Minister to address those issues.

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