Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion

Mr. Wayne Stanley:

We need to progress this quickly. Ultimately, it is the Oireachtas that will decide this. I know that this committee engages regularly with the Minister who has oversight of housing. I hope that we can move very quickly to a process where a wording is agreed. Deputy O'Callaghan noted the fact that we are in the middle of a pandemic so there is fluidity around that issue. We could, however, within the next six months decide on a wording and be ready to go with a constitutional referendum. It is then a case of when we schedule it to ensure that we keep everybody safe, which is the priority. I do not see any bar to us deciding this in the next six months. The Department will obviously have its own opinion on that. Do Professor Whyte or Ms Hennigan wish to come in on this point?

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