To ask the Minister of Finance whether he intends to extend protection given to business tenants from the threat of eviction for non-payment of rent beyond 31 March 2021.

I provided statutory protection for business tenants for three months from 1 April 2020. I then extended that protection on three further occasions, latterly on the 21 December 2020, for the period until 31 March 2021. I am keeping the matter under review, however, at this time a further extension is not anticipated.