Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the examination on the right to housing which was referred to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52154/17]

Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation for a referendum to enshrine the right to housing in the Constitution; if so, the timeframe for same; if not, the reason therefore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52153/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 and 260 together.

The issue of the right to housing was debated in Dáil Eireann and Seanad Eireann recently.  Arising from this, a motion to refer the Eighth Report of the Convention on the Constitution, which dealt with economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to housing, to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach was passed by the Dáil on 28 September 2017 and by the Seanad on 11 October 2017.

The scheduling of the business of the Committee is a matter for the Committee to consider.