Nearly 5,000 renters received notice that their lease was being terminated in the first three months of this year.
This is despite a ban on evictions being in place until March 31.
New figures published by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) show that 4,753 notices of termination were issued in the first quarter of 2023.
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This is in addition to 4,329 notices issued in the final quarter of 2022 and 4,741 issued in quarter three.
In the first three months of 2023, 2,631 tenants who received notices of termination were informed their landlord intended to sell the property.
Some 861 notices said that the landlord’s family intended to move into the home.
Of the total notices received, 2,011 were issued to tenancies in Dublin. Just under half of these landlords (1,028) said that they intended to sell the property.
The latest notice to quit figures come just days after homelessness figures broke records, with 12,259 people in emergency accommodation in April.
Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin described the latest figures as “alarming” as he called for the eviction ban to be reintroduced.
He said: “With the number of eviction notices being issued at such a high rate, there is little doubt that without an emergency intervention by Government, the numbers in emergency accommodation will continue to rise.
“Government must immediately reintroduce the ban on no fault evictions and an emergency package of measures to address the escalating homeless crisis.”
Focus Ireland Director of Advocacy Mike Allen, meanwhile, said that “it is highly worrying to see this continued rise of intended evictions at any time, but especially now as the latest figures issued on Friday show a record total of over 12,000 people homeless”.
Housing also dominated the Dáil yesterday [tues], as Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald warned that the housing crisis has not peaked.
"The Government decided to end the eviction ban without a safety net in place to protect renters," she said.
"You were warned time and again that this was a bad decision. But, despite this, you went ahead with it. You rejected Sinn Fein's plan to extend the eviction ban and to put in place protections for renters.
“The really sad reality now is that, despite how shocking the current figures are, we're not even at the peak yet. There is now a real risk that hundreds more children and their families will add to these heartbreaking figures in the course of this summer."
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar insisted the coalition was working "tomorrow, yesterday and every day" to address the situation and provide more affordable and social homes in the state.
He also rejected Ms McDonald's criticism of the Government's decision to end the temporary ban on no-fault evictions, arguing such prohibitions do not help to bring down homeless figures.
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