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:

Deputy Creed has posed a number of interesting issues that are highly relevant and practical, if I can use that word. It is a big concern that people can go and get compensated, which takes money away from the system. We are looking at the big picture here, rather than the smaller solution for the individual who is in that position. Dr. Casey used the words “adequate housing” in his response to Deputy Creed and he did so quickly and easily. I struggled, with all the people we have engaged with, as to what those words actually mean, and they are in the article that is being proposed. I do not know what “adequate housing” means and I have not heard anybody say what it does. Perhaps this group will enlighten me. It is the kind of wording that scares the life out of me when it comes to going to courts. Deputy Creed has raised issues around the consequences, if I can use that word, and I would like to know whether anyone in the meeting can tell me what “adequate housing” means because I am not sure anyone knows.

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