'Safety net' for renters as eviction ban to end

New measures agreed by Govt

- FERGHAL BLANEY

THE Government yesterday pledged “safety net” measures for renters as it stood firm on its decision to lift the temporary ban on evictions. 

Ministers agreed a series of decisions at Cabinet on Tuesday in response to intensifying calls from campaigners and opposition politicians to extend the ban on no-fault terminations of tenancy.

A non-binding Sinn Fein motion calling for an extension to January was debated in the Dail last night.

Measures to support both renters and landlords were outlined in a Government countermotion to be voted on today.

Several independent TDs have yet to declare whether they will back the Government and Sinn Fein has claimed the outcome could be close.