{"id":1273,"date":"2020-10-22T12:10:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T11:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/social-democrats-propose-changes-to-evictions-bill\/"},"modified":"2020-10-22T12:10:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T11:10:17","slug":"social-democrats-propose-changes-to-evictions-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/social-democrats-propose-changes-to-evictions-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Democrats propose changes to Evictions Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats Housing spokesperson and Dublin Bay North TD, Cian O\u2019Callaghan, has tabled amendments to the Residential Tenancies Bill 2020\u00a0that would see the ban on evictions extended for six months.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy O\u2019Callaghan said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I\u2019m proposing an amendment to the\u00a0Residential Tenancies Bill 2020 that would extend the ban on evictions for six months.\u00a0Yo-yoing in and out of temporary and partial bans is not good enough at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to take the threat posed by Covid-19 seriously. We know that evicting people into homelessness spreads infection \u2013 and it must stop. The ban on evictions should last, not just for six weeks as the Government are proposing, but for at least six months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to listen to people on the frontline. NGOs like Threshold and Simon have said that we need a six-month ban. That\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m proposing today, and I call on Government TDs to support my amendment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to move our rules in line with a European norm, where the grounds for evictions are much more limited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 22, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats Housing spokesperson and Dublin Bay North TD, Cian O\u2019Callaghan, has tabled amendments to the Residential Tenancies Bill 2020\u00a0that would see the ban on evictions extended for six months. 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