Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The truth is that extending the eviction ban until the end of January just means it is going to be much worse then and it will be in the middle of winter.

In fairness to the Labour Party, it has put forward a different proposal. It is proposing that the eviction ban can end if we see the number of people in emergency accommodation fall for four months. That needs to be thought through. It might fall by 50 in one month, ten in another month, 55 the next month and perhaps two in the month after that. It might fall by as little as four. We would then lift the ban and what does the Labour Party think would happen then? It does not make sense.

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