Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independents 4 Change) | Oireachtas source

More than 3,000 people could be facing termination notices at the end of March. What has the Government put in place to provide emergency services for many of those people if, for example, the local authority will not buy the house due to structural issues? I was contacted by a family facing eviction. The council stated that it cannot buy the house in question. The family has a severely affected autistic child who could not face being moved around the homelessness system in any way. What measures has the Government put in place? Has it sourced at least 1,500 emergency places? If so, from where? What measures has it put in place to set up a scheme whereby landlords must tell the local authority they are issuing a termination notice and offer it an opportunity to buy the house? What happens to people who are not on HAP, RAS or a housing list? What help can they be given? Will they just be left out on the street? Does the Taoiseach have a plan for where those in apartments will go if they face eviction in the coming two or three months? If the Government is not going to extend the eviction ban, the Taoiseach must tell the House what services it will provide for these people so that they know they have something to fall back on.

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