Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the case-by-case basis, originally people were saying it was seven years and then five years. The case was made that it is probably two years now, depending. I was at a joint policing committee, JPC, in Cork yesterday for Deputies, councillors and Senators. I raised the issue of the eviction ban ending on 1 April. Someone commented that Cork city had a good steady supply coming up for the summer, that it had houses. I think the witnesses touched on it earlier. There is going to be a situation in which people who are ten, 11 or 12 years on a housing waiting list waiting for houses that were supposed to be delivered will become homeless next month and will need a house. Some have been on the list for ten years and have been in overcrowded, cramped or damp accommodation. I get the point about the moral hazard there. For local authorities to be using stock built-----