A Labour minister says there's no major row with Fine Gael over rent caps and both parties are eager to make rent affordable.
Brendan Howlin was playing down any dispute between the coalition partners, after they failed to agree on rent allowance measures to announce in yesterday's Budget.
People were left disappointed yesterday after there was no mention of rent in the speeches.
Alan Kelly wants to link rent increases to the cost of living, but Michael Noonan is worried that builders won't want to build if their profits are limited.
Minister Howlin told reporters last night that building new properties was the only permanent solution:
