Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I think there is a difference between not listening and not agreeing. I am listening, although that is not necessarily the same thing as agreeing. As I have already said, we have, on a number of occasions, considered the balance of property rights and the public interest. Property rights in Ireland are not exclusive; they are not without limitation and are limited by the public interest. We have used that public interest test to bring in rent caps, which have kept rents down in large parts of the country. CPOs are used regularly to CPO land for everything from housing to roads, and we have also brought in the vacant sites levy. Certainly, if the Deputy has a specific proposed wording that she wants introduced into the Constitution, as this Government does not have a majority in the Dáil, it is absolutely open to her to bring that proposal to the floor and to have a vote on it in this House.

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