Some tenants is Dublin are being asked to pay three times their rent before moving in to their home.
According to a report in Today's Irish times, The country's biggest private landlord is asking tenants for two month's rent as a deposit, as opposed to the usual one month.
Irish Residental Properties Reit, owns 2,400 apartments in greater Dublin with an average rent of 1,500 euro
There are now calls for a deposit protection scheme and more rights for tenants.
Kim Buckley has this report:
