Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Constitutional Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion
3:00 pm
Mr. Michael O'Flynn:
Our view is that the optimal solution to address the housing crisis is through legislation with judicial scrutiny. It is important; that is what the minority grouping concluded. To go back a moment, we did suggest a wording and in doing that, we were not dissimilar to the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. We referenced that in the actual report. To answer a query a few moments ago, if there is a conclusion that a constitutional amendment is necessary, we came up with a wording and it is in the minority report. It is clearly set out that if there is a referendum held on a constitutional amendment relating to housing, the minority proposes the insertion of the following text into Article 45. It is there; there are three bits to it and I can read them out if members wish, for the record. I think Dr. Lyons read them out earlier, so perhaps he wants to come in on that.
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