Ivana Bacik
Question:108. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria used to determine the duration of the eviction moratorium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11835/23]
View answerWednesday, 8 March 2023
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The Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Act 2022 was signed into law on 29 October 2022. The Act made emergency provision to defer the termination dates of certain residential tenancies that fall, or would fall, during the 'winter emergency period', beginning on 30 October 2022 and ending on 31 March 2023. The aim of the Act was to mitigate the risk that persons whose tenancies would otherwise be terminated during the winter would be unable to obtain alternative accommodation.In determining the emergency period, regard was had to the meteorological winter period which, according to Met Éireann, covers the period from 1 December to the end of February and to the similar Treve Hivernale in France. Regard was also had to the pressures on homeless services during the winter period.
The decision was taken to extend the deferral to cover the months before and after the meteorological winter period to extend its protections for persons whose tenancies would otherwise be terminated during the colder months.
It should be noted that notices of termination, where they have been served by a landlord on or before 29 October 2022 and specify a termination date that falls during the 'winter emergency period' will take effect in a staggered way, in accordance with the Act, over the period from 1 April to 18 June 2023.