Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Sinn Féin would not reinstate the eviction ban and the party has changed its position on this issue three times. It has changed the dates. It has said it would extend it to Christmas this year, then 1 March, then December and then January. The reality is that the eviction moratorium gave us the opportunity to deliver more accommodation, which we did. We have debated this issue. In the last full quarter, before the introduction of the moratorium, 1,947 households and individuals presented as homeless to homeless emergency accommodation. We saw this continue throughout the moratorium as well. We must be careful, as we would be in government, that any measures we take, especially concerning the private rental sector, which Sinn Féin rails against all the time-----

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