One in four TDs is a landlord, the latest Dail register of interests has revealed. Of 158 deputies, 42 (26.5%) have declared themselves as landlords, with Fine Gael having the highest proportion — 18 of its 50 TDs (36%) have an income from renting out property or land.

One-third of Fianna Fail’s 45 TDs are landlords, including Stephen Donnelly, the party’s newest recruit. Only two of Sinn Fein’s 23 TDs have that status, while former environment minister Alan Kelly is the only one of seven Labour TDs to register as such.

Of the 23 independents, six are landlords, including Michael Healy-Rae, whose nine leased properties make up the largest portfolio in the Dail. In total Healy-Rae declares ownership of 16 properties, including plots of farmland