The incident is the latest controversy surrounding the lifting of the eviction ban
, which saw the government's policy of attempting to empower local councils to purchase properties from landlords fail to an almost comical degree.
"Keeping or extending the ban isn't necessarily going to solve this crisis into the future. It's like making sweets free for children. It's fine for a little while, but ultimately detrimental to the greater need", said Cowen. Housing minister Darragh O'Brien has claimed the government is"getting to grips" with the housing crisis. Some of the fiercest criticism from the opposition towards the remarks of Cowen have been from Labour's Aodhán Ó Riordáin and the Social Democrat TD Cian O'Callaghan, with Cowen responding directly to the pair's condemnations.
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