Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Contained in the programme for Government is a commitment to have a referendum on placing a right to housing in our Constitution. I believe it was last March, a year ago, when the Minister responsible for housing, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, announced that the wording of the referendum was due in the early part of this year. While I understand the wording is tied up in legal argument at the commission, the Government’s actions have inevitably resulted in homelessness rather than a right to housing. Will the referendum on the right to housing be delivered upon during the term of the Government – over the next 15 months, for example?

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