Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Right to Housing: Discussion

Mr. Wayne Stanley:

First, I think Professor O'Cinneide has answered very effectively. I probably would have given practical Irish examples to illustrate the points that he has made. The comparator with the way education is treated in Ireland is one good example. There is also research, which perhaps I will return to, that was done on rights-based services in homelessness and the impact that had on the person. While we have very good homeless services in Ireland, there are very good homeless services in Scotland, for example, where it is a rights-based system. The sense of ownership of the right in Scotland is reflected in research, which is valuable. I do not know if anybody wants to add to that.