Ms Leilani Farha:

I have covered as much as I could. I took a certain delight in the fact that the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach will discuss the issue of constitutionality and the right to housing. That is really interesting, and it is telling. There could be a joint committee to discuss the issue, but the Department of Finance has to be involved because of the maximum of available resources standard. That Department needs to know what its human rights obligations are. A nice lesson on international human rights law standards on maximum of available resources would be good for that Department. The folks at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government could attend as well.