I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion re the suspension of scrutiny requirement for the Eviction Ban Bill 2022. Today, on the question, "That the motion be agreed to", a division was claimed, and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), that division must be taken now.
Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
The following motion was moved by Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett on Wednesday, 27 September 2023:
That Dáil Éireann:
notes that:
— on 22nd February, 2023, Dáil Éireann agreed the second reading of the Eviction Ban Bill 2022;
— in the intervening period, the number of homeless people has risen sharply, with an additional 1,093 people, which includes an additional 398 children, living in emergency homeless accommodation;
— there has been a large increase in notices of termination of tenancies in the three months since the Government lifted the eviction ban, with 5,735 notices of termination issued in the period of April to June, 21 per cent higher than the 4,753 notices of termination in the first quarter of 2023, indicating that further large increases in evictions into homelessness are likely in the approaching winter months; and
— in the seven intervening months, detailed scrutiny of the Eviction Ban Bill 2022 has not yet been conducted by the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage; and
agrees that, given the extreme urgency of the housing and homelessness crisis, the requirement for the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, pursuant to Standing Order 180, to report, prior to Committee Stage, on its detailed scrutiny of the Eviction Ban Bill 2022, is hereby suspended.
Question put: "That the motion be agreed to."
The Dáil divided: Tá, 52; Níl, 69; Staon, 0.
Tá
- Andrews, Chris.
- Bacik, Ivana.
- Barry, Mick.
- Boyd Barrett, Richard.
- Brady, John.
- Browne, Martin.
- Buckley, Pat.
- Carthy, Matt.
- Collins, Joan.
- Collins, Michael.
- Conway-Walsh, Rose.
- Cronin, Réada.
- Crowe, Seán.
- Cullinane, David.
- Daly, Pa.
- Doherty, Pearse.
- Donnelly, Paul.
- Ellis, Dessie.
- Fitzmaurice, Michael.
- Fitzpatrick, Peter.
- Funchion, Kathleen.
- Guirke, Johnny.
- Healy-Rae, Michael.
- Howlin, Brendan.
- Kenny, Gino.
- Kenny, Martin.
- Kerrane, Claire.
- Mac Lochlainn, Pádraig.
- McGrath, Mattie.
- Mitchell, Denise.
- Munster, Imelda.
- Murphy, Catherine.
- Murphy, Paul.
- Mythen, Johnny.
- Nash, Ged.
- Nolan, Carol.
- O'Callaghan, Cian.
- O'Reilly, Louise.
- O'Rourke, Darren.
- Ó Broin, Eoin.
- Ó Murchú, Ruairí.
- Ó Ríordáin, Aodhán.
- Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
- Pringle, Thomas.
- Quinlivan, Maurice.
- Ryan, Patricia.
- Sherlock, Sean.
- Shortall, Róisín.
- Smith, Bríd.
- Stanley, Brian.
- Tóibín, Peadar.
- Wynne, Violet-Anne.
Níl
- Brophy, Colm.
- Browne, James.
- Bruton, Richard.
- Burke, Colm.
- Butler, Mary.
- Byrne, Thomas.
- Cahill, Jackie.
- Calleary, Dara.
- Cannon, Ciarán.
- Carroll MacNeill, Jennifer.
- Chambers, Jack.
- Collins, Niall.
- Costello, Patrick.
- Cowen, Barry.
- Creed, Michael.
- Devlin, Cormac.
- Dillon, Alan.
- Donnelly, Stephen.
- Durkan, Bernard J.
- English, Damien.
- Farrell, Alan.
- Feighan, Frankie.
- Flaherty, Joe.
- Flanagan, Charles.
- Fleming, Sean.
- Griffin, Brendan.
- Harris, Simon.
- Haughey, Seán.
- Healy-Rae, Danny.
- Heydon, Martin.
- Higgins, Emer.
- Humphreys, Heather.
- Kehoe, Paul.
- Lahart, John.
- Lawless, James.
- Leddin, Brian.
- Madigan, Josepha.
- Martin, Catherine.
- Martin, Micheál.
- Matthews, Steven.
- McAuliffe, Paul.
- McGrath, Michael.
- McHugh, Joe.
- Moynihan, Aindrias.
- Moynihan, Michael.
- Murnane O'Connor, Jennifer.
- Naughton, Hildegarde.
- Noonan, Malcolm.
- O'Brien, Joe.
- O'Callaghan, Jim.
- O'Connor, James.
- O'Donnell, Kieran.
- O'Donovan, Patrick.
- O'Dowd, Fergus.
- O'Gorman, Roderic.
- O'Sullivan, Christopher.
- O'Sullivan, Pádraig.
- Ó Cathasaigh, Marc.
- Ó Cuív, Éamon.
- Phelan, John Paul.
- Rabbitte, Anne.
- Richmond, Neale.
- Ring, Michael.
- Smith, Brendan.
- Smyth, Niamh.
- Smyth, Ossian.
- Stanton, David.
- Troy, Robert.
- Varadkar, Leo.
Staon
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Paul Murphy and Bríd Smith; Níl, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Cormac Devlin.
Question declared lost.
Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 9.17 p.m. go dtí 9 a.m., Dé Déardaoin, an 28 Meán Fómhair 2023.
The Dáil adjourned at 9.17 p.m. until 9 a.m. on Thursday, 28 September 2023.