Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate

11:10 am

Ms Emily Logan:

On debates that may happen in other parliamentary committees, it is important we do not define human rights and equality to the extent of the exclusion of, for example, the issue of social housing in debates in other committees. The issue of housing is a fundamental human right. As we develop as a commission, as we educate and hopefully contribute towards building capacity, the terminology of human rights and equality may not be used but the issues are human rights issues. It would be welcome for the committee to consider extending its capacity beyond the reach of this committee.