Mr. Wayne Stanley:

The Deputy raised many important questions, as indeed all the members have. That is welcome. I might hand over to the legal brains to talk about the red herrings as they have spent a great deal of time thinking some of those through. In regard to preparing for the referendum, at the recent international conference, FEANTSA came over and Ms Kelly-Desmond spoke in a session which looked at previous referendums in Ireland and how some of the learning from those might translate into advocating for a right to housing indeed across Europe. We had a particular eye on Ireland. Marriage equality was one issue that was raised. If a person was against marriage equality the polling at the time would have told them that if they took a particular tack – on a particular concern or red herring – that 70% of the public was going to vote against marriage equality. A person on that side would have felt very secure in the way that Ireland was going to vote. We are conscious of that. There is a good deal of positive polling on the right to housing. That is welcome. It is a better position to be in rather than having it the other way around. However as the Deputy raised we are conscious that the polling can be soft. In the context of a referendum things can get away from you. We have to prepare for that and as a group we are thinking that through. We have already started the thinking on it and building that broad civil society coalition will be an important part of that.