Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion

Ms Rose Wall:

I will answer the question. Similar to what Ms O'Reilly has said, there are groups working with migrants, who are most likely to be disproportionately impacted by this. However, as I mentioned in my opening statement we need to engage with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, partly because of the public sector duty obligations of the Department under section 42, but also because of the functions of the IHREC under section 10 and its extensive work in this area. There should certainly be consultation with the IHREC and other legal advocacy groups, in particular those working with migrants.