Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for the question. On NAMA, which comes under the Department of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, its latest quarterly report came before the Cabinet this morning. It talked about the many thousands of new homes that have been built on NAMA-indebted sites throughout the country. More than 2,000 social housing homes have been provided to local authorities as well. This is to note some of the good work that NAMA is doing.

On the specific situation referred to by the Deputy, I am currently in conversation with the RTB on the Tyrrelstown amendment. It was tested recently at the RTB and that threw up a couple of issues. We are in discussions with the RTB around the issue of evictions. The law is clear. It was the legal advice at the time around the number of properties at any given time. However, the spirit of the law has to be observed. If it is not being observed, that is exactly what we will look at.

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