Dublin City Council evicted two households last year despite almost €40 million owed in rent arrears and wide-spread anti-social behaviour, such as drug dealing.
The figures, which were obtained by Dublin Live, show one eviction was due to "rent arrears" while the other was because of "drug related" illegal occupier. More than €38 million is owed by 8,050 tenants.
And 51 tenants owe more than €27,000 each, while a further 136 owe between €19,000 and €27,000. Another 589 households have rent arrears of between €11,000 and €19,000.
