Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2021-12-08
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Francis Noel Duffy (GP), Dublin South-West

I am nearly finished. We need early intervention. Families should not be waiting in limbo indefinitely, prolonging the inevitability of transitioning to a new home. I have a constituent, a mother with children, and they are being evicted in January. She has been in the system for 17 years and, therefore, the system should understand her position. The system needs to be proactive, not reactive, and another 90 days will not make her feel any better. It does not serve anybody to be stuck in a vacuum of anxiety. Early intervention will provide homes, not the stressful unknown.

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Sitting date: 2021-12-08