Labour's housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan criticised the potential move, which has not yet been signed off on by the coalition, saying: "I do not think landlords should be allowed to rent them out".
However, he said the potential renting of what he termed "beds in sheds" is now on the agenda, and in his view must not happen.
Deputy Sheehan was speaking as he launched a new Labour bill seeking the re-introduction of a temporary no-fault eviction ban for the next three years to help address the housing crisis.
The Labour TD claimed evictions are now "at the highest level since the famine", and said the Government's "solution to floated renting out the garden shed" will not address the situation.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Housing Minister and Fianna Fail TD James Browne rejected Deputy Sheehan's comments, saying: "The use of the word 'floodgates' is not only unnecessary and without evidence - it’s the usual deliberate scaremongering.
"This discussion is about the possibility of units that can go into back gardens without planning permission which we are proposing will meet safety, fire and building standards.
It couldn’t be further from a 'free for all'."
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