Kildare South TD Calls For Eviction Ban To Be Extended

Monday, 20 February 2023 12:22

By Caoimhe Harney

The eviction ban is due to expire on the 31st March

The Government must give renters security by extending the eviction ban and taking emergency action to end rising homelessness, according to Kildare South TD Patricia Ryan.

The Sinn Féin TD has said that the government must provide security to renters by extending the eviction ban until the end of the year and by taking emergency action during that time to tackle rising homelessness.

The measure was introduced in November and is due to expire on the 31st March 2023.

Deputy Ryan was speaking ahead of a Sinn Féin motion on the issue, which will be debated in the Dáil on Tuesday.

Teachta Ryan commented: “Renters need security. The government’s eviction ban ends at the end of next month and I am extremely concerned about the number of families and individual renters in Kildare who will face being made homelessness if it is not extended.

“Here in County Kildare: We have a lack of accommodation to rent and if this ban is not extended, we will face a large wave of homelessness. In County Kildare there is already lack of emergency accommodation.

“When the current ban was introduced in November, Sinn Féin’s housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin warned the government that they needed to use the breathing space provided to introduce a series of emergency measures including increasing and accelerating the delivery of social homes.

“Unfortunately the Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien chose to ignore him, meaning many renters now face the prospect of being made homeless at the end of next month.

“That is why Sinn Féin has tabled a motion this week calling on government to extend the eviction ban until the end of the year. But we are calling on them to do much more than that.

“They need to make the kind of emergency interventions we have called for to increase and accelerate the delivery of social and affordable homes.

"They also need to introduce emergency planning and procurement powers, and utilise modern building technologies on vacant buildings and to deliver modular homes.

“The government must recognise that we are in a housing emergency and that an emergency plan must be put in place," she added.

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