Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In contrast to the proposed Bill, the issuing of notices to quit is allowed to continue under the current winter eviction ban. This allows for a flow of tenancy terminations to continue after the relevant deferred termination date. There is no obstacle to tenants choosing to leave their tenancy during the winter months if they are in a position to re-accommodate their households.

I will cover a couple of things specifically that relate to the Deputy's Bill. In general terms, it is important to note that supply is up significantly. I want to talk about social housing. In the coming weeks, when we have the final returns on 2022, we will have delivered more new-build social homes - through approved housing bodies, AHBs, and local authorities, because they are all social homes and I do not make a distinction between them - than we have probably done since 1975. We will have built 10,000 more homes overall in 2022 than we did in 2021. Affordable homes will have been built for the first time in approximately 15 years, that is, affordable homes for purchase and cost rental homes.

The LDA delivered homes last year. I remind the Deputy that the LDA is the agency to deliver homes on State-owned land. The Deputy, which is his right, opposed that.

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