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Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: .... It is a very sad situation. The Government side should reflect on a report on property by Mr. Justice Kenny in the mid-1970s and eke away at the notion of a society with haves and have-nots. The Kenny report was put on the shelf and ignored by the then Fine Gael-Labour Party coalition in the mid-1970s. My party in power ignored it and it may be about time for our society to seriously...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: ...being seen here as impossible to enshrine the right to water in the Constitution. I have heard Mr. Justice Hogan and other constitutional experts say that maybe we should expand and look again at the Kenny report. The right to property was watered down in a local government Act which allowed for social housing needs. Maybe we should think outside the box. What about the right to...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: The Kenny report.

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ...Constitution which examined and reported on property rights. Some of the conclusions the committee came to in its 2004 report were, however, ignored. People laughed at the findings of the 1970s Kenny report. The committee's conclusions were allied to many of his. Regrettably, not even some of them were taken on board. Some day we may revisit his report and say Kenny was not too far...

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Denis O'Donovan: ...Irish Planning Institute, the Society of Chartered Surveyors and the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, among others. We gathered the information and analysed it. Deputy Healy mentioned the Kenny report and said no action had been taken on it. After approximately 16 months of deliberation, the committee came to the conclusion that the Kenny approach was not too bad. The report...