Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

The eviction ban will be lifted at the weekend. Where will people go? Let us break it down. Some people will find alternative rental accommodation; they will be a small minority. Others will crash with family, in the hope it will only be for a couple of weeks rather than stretching out into months. Other people will beg for a place to stay with friends. Some will go to homeless services, and some of those people will get emergency accommodation. How long will they be stuck there for? With 17 out of 31 local authorities saying they are full, undoubtedly some people who will go to homeless services will not be accommodated. Where do they go? There has been talk of Garda stations. What happens in such an eventuality? Has an instruction been given to gardaí to accommodate people in those circumstances? Is is it up to the superintendent on a station-by-station basis? Are there any other emergency plans in place? People need to know the answers to those questions and I look forward to hearing the reply.

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