Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is ample evidence to say that 90 days' notice is sufficient. Certainly 28 days' notice after six months is not good enough. We have heard of people dragging three, four or five children across the city looking for places under HAP. People are being pushed onto HAP and there are no places to be found. It has proved impossible for people who have been served an eviction notice to find a place within 28 days. It has proved impossible to find a place within 90 days, so that is a major problem. This should be extended. We have said that up to 90 days is sufficient to do this. The housing crisis is not improving and is getting worse. The figures have shown that the numbers are rising. We are saying that people can be put out after six months, even though some of them have entered into contracts for a longer period. It is not good enough. What we have proposed here is a reasonable demand.

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