Lifting eviction ban was ‘very difficult’, says minister after husband’s remarksBy Gráinne Ní Aodha, PAMinister Catherine Martin has said that disagreement is “a fact of life in marriage” after her husband and fellow Green Party TD compared extending the eviction ban to communism. The Tourism and Media Minister also said that the decision to end the ban in March was one of the most difficult decisions the three-party coalition has had to make. “In relation to the removal of the eviction moratorium, that was one of the most difficult decisions that this government has had to make. “We all just have to be cognisant of the difficult situation that so many renters are in, cognisant that this was a very difficult decision in a coalition government where we’re the smaller of the three parties. “It may be party policy but we voted in the way to end the moratorium, as I said, difficult decision, but we did it as we’re members of a coalition, even though it’s party policy.

Source: Irish Independent September 06, 2023 23:06 UTC