Professor Colm O'Cinneide:

I do not have much to add to those excellent contributions. I will respond to Deputy Higgins's question about what you should say to the public.

The point about creating a sense of ownership, a focus and a sense of rights vindication as something people are entitled to is extremely important. It is also important to be honest and say, if the right to housing is introduced, this will be the beginning of a process. The really hard work begins the day after the referendum gets through, when we start thinking seriously about translating this into new legislation, if necessary, and certainly new policy, in addition to new, more focused initiatives translating the constitutional rhetoric into reality. It is an important message that this will be the opening of a door and the beginning, not the end, of a journey.