Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the members of Home for Good for attending to share their knowledge and assisting the members in moving forward to hold a referendum on the right to housing in our Constitution. The Green Party argued for this referendum to be included in the programme for Government and therefore welcomes the discourse today to make progress on this human right. As the witnesses mentioned, the Government has an obligation to provide free primary education through the Constitution. This being the case, could the witnesses state why, according to their understanding, a right to housing has never been part of our Constitution? Given the strong political support for a referendum, what could hold up the proposed legislation? How would obstacles be overcome?