Michael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are having the debate. That is why we are here.

I agree with the Senator. As a result of our history, in this country the word "eviction" is a dirty word. We also have to understand and accept that there are very few evictions. Senator Daly said there were about 5,000 to date. To put that into context, there are 170 evictions a day in the UK, and there were 45,000 evictions in 2016.