Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----disagreement between Government parties. If I am incorrect, I would like the Minister to put that clearly on the record. The problem is that this is another of those occasions where he makes it seem like he is doing something but where it appears that nothing is actually going to happen. I suspect what will happen is that eventually a memo will go to Cabinet, with both the commission's reports, including the one he has had since last June on the right to housing and the one on the wider issues, which I understand is imminent. The Minister will refer them to the Oireachtas housing committee and give it six months to deliberate and come back, by which time, of course, this Government's term of office will be near its end, and he will never have to put into action the promises he has made but has failed to deliver on. The Minister says he is an advocate for a referendum on the right to housing. I think he should publish the report, let the rest of us have a look at it, and bring his memo to Cabinet as soon as possible. The Minister should put his money where his mouth is on this issue.

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