Sheriff repossessions of homes
Deputy McGrath raises alleged unlawful or forceful home repossessions involving sheriffs and gardaí, citing an incident in Dunshaughlin and seeking restraint under the relevant legislation. The Ceann Comhairle directs him toward a Topical Issue debate, while the Taoiseach has no publication date for the Central Bank (Consolidation) Bill.
Section 133 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 removes the power of the sheriff to repossess homes. I have been raising this issue in the House for some time and I raised it again last week, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, in the context of the central bank (consolidation) Bill. When are we going to see the sheriffs and the gardaí restrained? Another house was attacked yesterday. A 20 year old woman was pulled out of a house by gardaí in Dunshaughlin. Thankfully-----
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The central bank (consolidation) Bill. Thankfully, a Fine Gael backbench Deputy turned up, defused the situation and the sheriff left. They damaged the house. The security company-----
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It is happening day in, day out and it is being ignored.
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The sheriff does not have the powers-----