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

I thank the Deputy. As I think I explained in earlier answers, the temporary winter eviction ban was exactly that: a temporary winter eviction ban that ended on 31 March. That is the legislation we voted for in this House. We do not believe extending the ban is a solution. We believe the number of notices of termination would have mounted up and up, and that there would have been fewer places available to rent because people simply would not have come into the market. When the ban was ended, as in the Sinn Féin proposal to end it in a few months, the situation would have been much worse, with many more people and families chasing even fewer places to live. That is why we took the decision we did.

I ask the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, and the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, to take the other questions.

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