Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2026-03-19
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Rory Hearne (SD), Dublin North-West

Younger generations, renters and workers are being broken by the Government's housing policy failures. Today, we hear that last year there were 20,000 eviction notices issued to private renters, the highest we have seen since the Famine, and up 41% in the last quarter, made worse by the rent hike Bill. We are seeing evictions increasing on a scale we have not seen in this country. These evictions are causing a trauma to every person who is experiencing them, while house prices are also spiralling out of control. Younger generations cannot afford the rent hikes. They cannot afford to buy a home. They cannot afford to start their lives or to start a family. Does the Tánaiste accept that for younger people and workers in this country the housing crisis and the Government's policies are causing a social catastrophe? We need an emergency ban on no-fault evictions. We need a State construction company to build affordable homes that people can actually afford to buy across this country. Will the Tánaiste do that?

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Sitting date: 2026-03-19