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:
I just want to comment on the ex-chair of the Housing Commission's suggestion that for some reason there is a Housing Commission report and there is a minority report. The very fact we are saying there is a minority report would suggest there is a majority report. Why would you call it a minority report? For the record, when we had the meeting where the approval was put to the commissioners, Dr. Lyons and I made our position clear. When it was clear there was a majority voting in favour, the minority suggested at that very meeting we would be exploring this and we got the permission of the commission - if I can use the word "permission" - to produce a minority report. It is just nonsensical to suggest there are two reports, with one the commission report and the other the minority report. That is not the position as I see it, and Dr. Lyons can speak for himself.