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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: We move to questions from the members. I call Senator Mary Fitzpatrick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I thank Professor Whyte.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Does the Deputy wish to direct those questions to any witness in particular?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Two minutes remain in this slot but we will come back on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: What was the name of the international guidance Ms Keatinge referred to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: On Deputy Duffy's question, that the proposal is now in the programme for Government puts us much farther down the road. Everybody in this room agrees with it and there is considerable popular support for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I will go back to the Fianna Fáil group. Do Deputies McAuliffe and Murnane O'Connor want to share the time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I will move on to Deputy Higgins and Senator Seery Kearney who I understand may be sharing time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I beg your pardon, yes. I call Deputy Gould.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: My apologies. Senator Moynihan is next. Then we will go to Deputy Gould and then Deputy Higgins and Senator Seery Kearney will share. We are doing okay on time. We have an hour left and five more speakers. Everybody is sticking pretty well to time and we are getting through it. I do not want to stall the conversation by being too strict on time but I want to allow everybody in. I call...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: To follow on from Deputy Gould's question on the wording, are the witnesses aware of another entity or organisation that is working on the wording for a constitutional change?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Can Ms Keatinge provide a list of all of the people who have engaged with the coalition on the wording?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Is Deputy Higgins and Senator Seery Kearney sharing time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Yes, if one person wants to go first and have five minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Deputy for his comments on that. I have a question on other jurisdictions. Ms Hennigan mentioned Finland. Did it start from the same position as Ireland in having a private property right enshrined in its constitution? Are we starting from the same place as Finland or the other international examples she gave? I do not have the wording in front of me but I refer to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: In their submission, the witnesses state that a change to the Constitution such as this would also offer security to current homeowners. Could they expand a little on that, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I have one minute left. Our primary concern here is homelessness and the provision of housing. If this right is put into the Constitution, could it go further in terms of adequate housing, in areas such as universal housing design, adaptability, future use etc.? Could it be called on that it is in the Constitution that we provide adequate housing and housing of an adequate size where we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I might just hold off on hearing that answer because we have a few more members to get through, and I do not want to go over my allocated time. I call on Deputy McAuliffe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: We are over time on this particular point. The Senator raised an important point that will need to be examined further. There are only two minutes remaining. I will allow a brief question from Deputy Ó Broin, followed by Senator Mary Fitzpatrick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Ó Broin. I call Senator Fitzpatrick.