Sinn Féin is putting forward legislation in the Dáil tonight that will link rent increases to the rate of inflation.

But it's looking increasingly likely the bill will fail to pass in a Dáil vote on Thursday, after Fianna Fáil described it as "gutter stuff".

The special Dáil committee that has been looking at the issue of housing and homelessness is to publish its report on Friday.

Sinn Féin's housing spokesperson Eoin O'Broin (PRON: Brin), insists there's no need to wait for that: