Sinn Féin TD for Tipperary Martin Browne says the government must reintroduce the ban on evictions after the Residential Tenancies Board figures show that an additional 92 eviction notices were issued in Tipperary for the last three months of 2022.
This is in addition to the 117 notices issued between July and September, which have now started to fall due this month as a result of the Government ending the ban on no fault evictions.
The Cashel based TD is predicting an increase in the number of people in emergency accommodation and in hidden homelessness as people move in with family and friends.
The TD also wants the Government to implement an emergency package of measures to prevent homelessness, accelerate exits from emergency accommodation and increase and accelerate the delivery of much needed social and affordable homes.
Tipperary county council is urging anyone that receives notice to quit to contact the council as soon as possible. This applies to anyone receiving a notice to quit not only people that have qualified for the social housing list. Housing officials at Tipperary County Council say this is important as it gives the council the benefit of the notice period to help find alternative accommodation. The length of the notice period varies according to the length of the tenancy and there are conditions to be met to ensure the notice to quit is valid.
| Duration of the tenancy notice period | Days |
| Less than 6 months | 90 days |
| Not less than 6 months but less than one year | 152 days |
| Not less than 1 year but less than 7 years | 180 days |
| Not less than 7 years but less than 8 years | 196 days |
| Not less than 8 years | 224 days |
These new notice periods, introduced in 2022, do not apply where the Notice of Termination is served for a breach of tenant obligations or rent arrears. Further information is available on the Residential Tenancies Board website at this link here.
