Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I am trying to get a straight answer from the Taoiseach and I would appreciate one. The Government would have had to vote on the Solidarity-People Before Profit eviction ban Bill next week but now it has announced that it will bring in an eviction ban. The situation is still not clear, however, and I ask the Taoiseach to please clarify it. I have been contacted by families for whom this is a very important matter. They have received notices to quit before the date of the legislation coming in. Will they be protected from eviction over the next few months? Furthermore, as a matter of policy, will local authorities be told to purchase the homes of people who are threatened with eviction? If that is the case, will the homes of people threatened with eviction who are over the social housing income thresholds be purchased as well?

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