Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 April 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion

Mr. Gary Tobin:

Again Deputy, I am not trying to suggest that one type of right trumps another. As has been previously said by a number of people, I am not a constitutional lawyer. We are merely trying to put forward the fact that there are strong property rights in Ireland's written Constitution. That is a consideration that needs to be taken into account in terms of this Bill and is intended to be helpful to the committee. It is a statement of fact really. I do not know if the Central Bank representatives want to say anything.