Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2026-07-14
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Lynn Ruane (IND), University of Dublin

That is what I am hearing now. I am hearing that, legislatively, the Minister can remove emergency supports and a single person or a person with children may be put in night to night because that person has been offered reasonable accommodation and, for whatever reason, does not want to take it. Nobody likes staying in emergency accommodation. People have their own reasons that not everybody can understand. This will not force people onto the street, rather, the Minister sees it as forcing people out of emergency accommodation and into a home out of fear the only alternative is night by night. People will be afraid to refuse a home.

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Sitting date: 2026-07-14