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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: That is fine. The Housing Commission report recommended wording for the Constitution. The minority report is of the view that the constitutional change is not required because there are other ways of dealing with it. However, if it is decided that there is to be a referendum, Dr. Lyons has proposed alternative wording.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: I call Senator Cummins next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: I want to bring Mr. Boyle in on this matter. I will come back to Senator Cummins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: Thank you, Senator Cummins. I am always conscious that those participating online are at a disadvantage. I may not see a hand being raised but if witnesses switch on their microphones and indicate, I will call them. I do not know if we are going to have time to have further meetings on this topic but the committee was tasked by the Minister to look at these reports and report back to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: Before going to Dr. Lyons and Mr. O'Flynn, I have a question for Dr. Casey. We now have three potential places within the Constitution, namely Article 43, Article 45 or Article 40. Dr. Casey said previously that the difference between Article 45 and Article 40 was very minor and that either one could potentially provide the solution. Does he believe that original wording from Home for Good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank Dr. Casey, and will go back to Dr. Lyons or Mr. O'Flynn on that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: Maybe Dr. Lyons could clarify that. I am reading page 30 of the minority report. Has it been set out clearly in an article and subarticles at another place in the report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: Page 33.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: Please go ahead. I had not noticed that on page 33; I just read page 30.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: Please go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: Okay. I thank Dr. Lyons. There is talk in the minority report about a perception of a barrier, and the concern about holding a constitutional referendum just to deal with a perception. The witnesses are of the view that the legislative route is adequate to deal with this. Without going into too much detail, what legislation would they be seeking to introduce, and what legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: There has been legislation that has been suggested or put forward either by Government or the Opposition over the past number of years where people have said it would be unconstitutional, and therefore we cannot proceed with it. There is a check to that as well. If legislation is passed, it goes to the President, and the President has an oversight role as well. No matter what legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank Dr. Lyons. I am well over time but I do want to come back on a question afterwards if I get a second slot. A plan and a piece of law are very different. We have a Housing for All plan but we have legislation that underpins that, like the Affordable Housing Act 2021, etc. The next slot is Deputy Creed, and then I will go to Deputy O'Callaghan. Is Deputy O'Callaghan okay with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: I had set it out before the Deputy came back in that time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: No, it is okay, go ahead. By our roster, Deputy O'Callaghan is correct. It is a Social Democrats slot next, and then a Fine Gael slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: Yes, please do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: I am sorry Mr. O'Flynn but people have to go through the Chair and I do not have witnesses questioning other witnesses. It is the members who ask the questions. We have ruled on that before. You can ask a question through the Chair if you wish to and I will bring you back in at a later point. Deputy Buckley is up next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Pat Buckley: Thanks very much Chair. I thank everybody for coming in. I am going to start in the middle. I have an admission to make to the Chair that Mr. O’Flynn is a former employer of mine, so we go back a good bit. There is certainly no conflict of interest. I just will touch on a few points because a lot of it has been covered. A while ago we were checking what the European human rights...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: I thank Dr. Casey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (22 Oct 2024)

Steven Matthews: The individual action prompts a systemic change.