Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government commits to holding a referendum on housing. The Taoiseach has clarified to me in this Chamber that it will be on the right to housing. However, there does not seem to be any urgency from the Government in progressing this referendum. Increasingly, it is looking like it is not going to happen in the lifetime of the Government. With just over 12 months left in its term of office, there is still no date for this referendum to take place.

It increasingly looks like the commitment made in the programme for Government was made without any intention of holding a referendum on the right to housing. When will a date be set for the right to housing referendum? Will the Taoiseach commit to that referendum taking place in the lifetime of this Government, as already committed to in the programme for Government?

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