Sean Canney, a junior minister with responsibility for road safety, said the findings were ‘shocking and serious’.

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Mr Canney told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that tenants needed long term support not just short term measures and his group had come up with an eight point amendment to the Sinn Féin motion on the retention of the eviction ban.

TD for Galway East Sean Canney said now was not the right time to add to the cost of building