Cabinet Committees
Dail Éireann — 2023-03-29
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Cian O'Callaghan (SD), Dublin Bay North

The Taoiseach said it is very rare that a judge would evict a family into homelessness. However, solicitors specialising in housing law have said they do not know of a single case in Ireland where a judge sided with renters facing homelessness and did not grant an eviction order. I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that solicitors working to support renters at the coalface in the Mercy Law Centre and community mediation know what they are talking about. On what basis has the Taoiseach made the assertion that judges do not grant eviction orders that will make families homeless? Does he accept what solicitors who are working in this area are saying? If he does, will he withdraw the comments he has made about this which do not reflect the reality of what is happening on the ground?

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Sitting date: 2023-03-29