Eviction ban would create breathing space
Eviction ban would create breathing space - The Labour Party
Labour’s housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has today published a bill to introduce a three-year eviction ban to tackle the enormous rise in notices to quit issued in 2025.
Speaking today, Deputy Sheehan said:
“This Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil-Lowry Government are presiding over the highest level of evictions since the Great Famine. Real and meaningful action is needed to protect the thousands of renters across the country who have effectively been thrown to the wolves by this Government.
“We need this Government to commit to an eviction ban immediately without delay. That’s why today I have published a bill that Government could make the law at the stroke of the pen.
“All the trends are going in the wrong direction under Minister Browne, with record levels of homelessness and evictions. Homelessness is continuing to rise and now renters are facing an even greater minefield when it comes to their real rights under the new rental legislation.
“An eviction ban alone is not a silver bullet, there can be no doubt about that, but it is part of an armoury of emergency measures to take on the housing crisis.
“The Rental Tenancies Board reported last month that 5,200 eviction notices were issued in Quarter 4 2025. That is absolutely terrifying. Renters need real emergency protections against Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil’s rental disaster.
“With such a dysfunctional rental market, more and more private renters are going to face the appalling vista of being evicted directly into homelessness. Just last Friday, the Department of Housing informed us that 17,308 people are living in homelessness across this State. What will it take to force this Government’s hand into action?”
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Bill can be accessed at this link:
https://labour.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Temporary-ban-on-termination-notices-Bill.pdf