Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion

11:00 am

Mr. Wayne Stanley:

I will make a very similar point. The objections here are not to having legislation but, rather, to having bad legislation that is not bespoke. This is an attempt to move across social protection legislation to put in a framework that allows the circular to operate. We are talking about what is actually needed, which is bespoke legislation that deals with the issues created in the system by the circular now and will help us to move forward. There is an opportunity here for the committee to do that.