Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

In an hour and a half or so, we know what is likely to happen. A landlords' Dáil will vote confidence in a landlords' Government. The consequence is that thousands of families will receive eviction notices in the coming months. My message is to those people. Do not leave your home if you have nowhere to go. Do not make yourself homeless. Threshold stated yesterday that more than half of all notices to quit it sees are invalid. Wait until your notice period is almost up and then appeal to the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB. If it is invalid, the landlord will have to reissue the eviction notice, giving you the full notice period again. Even if the eviction notice is valid, you should still not leave your home if you have nowhere to go. You should contact the tenants' union, Community Action Tenants Union, CATU, and your local People Before Profit representative. You should inform your landlord that you will not be leaving because you have nowhere to go. You should continue to pay your rent. Your landlord cannot legally just physically throw you out. He or she must go through the District Court and obtain an enforcement order to get you out. That will likely take at least six months. When you go before a judge, it is quite likely you will get an extension of another six months. Even the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, said the other day that judges are unlikely to grant enforcement orders.

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