Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

The following motion was moved by Deputy Seamus Healy on Tuesday, 24 October 2017:

That Dáil Éireann:

notes that:

— Article 40.3.1° of the Constitution of Ireland states that the State guarantees in its laws to respect and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate the personal rights of the citizen;

— Article 40.3.2° of the Constitution of Ireland states that the State shall, in particular, by its laws protect as best it may from unjust attack and, in the case of injustice done, vindicate the life, person, good name, and property rights of every citizen;

— Article 43.1.1° of the Constitution of Ireland states that the State acknowledges that man, in virtue of his rational being, has the natural right, antecedent to positive law, to the private ownership of external goods;

— Article 43.1.2° of the Constitution of Ireland states that the State accordingly guarantees to pass no law attempting to abolish the right of private ownership or the general right to transfer, bequeath, and inherit property;

— Article 43.2.1° of the Constitution of Ireland states that the State recognises, however, that the exercise of the rights mentioned in the foregoing provisions of this Article ought, in civil society, to be regulated by the principles of social justice; and

— Article 43.2.2° of the Constitution of Ireland states that the State, accordingly, may as occasion requires delimit by law the exercise of the said rights with a view to reconciling their exercise with the exigencies of the common good;

further notes:

— the importance of the provisions that require protection of private property to be regulated by the principles of social justice and, accordingly, that the State may as occasion requires, such as the current housing and homelessness emergency, delimit by law the exercise of the said rights with a view to reconciling their exercise with the exigencies of the common good;

— the statement of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government in the Irish Examiner on 11th May, 2016, as follows: ‘I think we have a national emergency that needs a response that is comprehensive and so I have been working late hours trying to start the process of putting that response together’;

— the call for the declaration of a national housing emergency by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Peter McVerry Trust;

— the recent statement by the Jesuit Centre For Faith and Justice, as follows: ‘As we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we need to recognise that housing deprivation is one of the most serious forms of poverty in the Ireland of today and that in recent years the housing system has become the locus of some of the deepest inequality evident in our society...the Jesuit Centre is calling for a new direction for housing policy in Ireland, one based on recognising that housing is a fundamental human right’; and

— that a legislative precedent for declaring a national emergency exists in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts of 2009, 2013 and 2015;

affirms that during the current emergency in housing and homelessness, the State is entitled to delimit by law the exercise of private property rights; and

calls on the Government to bring forward legislation affirming that a national housing emergency exists and, while that housing emergency exists and in order to end that emergency as quickly as possible, the State is enabled to bring forward measures which, in the public interest, impinge on private property rights in matters relating to housing provision in accordance with Articles 43.2.1° and 43.2.2° of the Constitution of Ireland in the matter of the exercise of private property rights.

Debate resumed on amendment No. 3:

To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:

“notes that:

— the Government has responded to the current housing crisis with a comprehensive range of actions, policy initiatives and increased investments, as outlined in the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Strategy for the Rental Sector and other relevant policies and actions, with the aim of increasing and accelerating supply across all housing tenures, and providing increased targeted supports for households in need, especially those in emergency accommodation or at risk of becoming homeless;

— while it recognises the rights conferred by the Constitution of Ireland on private property, the Government has already taken steps to balance these rights with targeted interventions and proportionate measures that impact on these rights in the interests of the common good;

— a range of such policy interventions are already in force, including:

— provisions under Part V of the Planning and Development Acts to cede a percentage, currently ten per cent, of residentially zoned and permitted land for social housing provision;

— compulsory purchase powers that enable public bodies to acquire lands or properties for housing purposes;

— the introduction of a Vacant Site Levy as a charge on vacant or underutilised housing lands in urban areas to incentivise their development or redevelopment and the announcement in Budget 2018 that the Levy will be more than doubled to seven per cent per annum from 2019;

— the designation of Rent Pressure Zones where time-bound limits are applied to rent increases in the private rental sector, justified on the basis of providing greater rent predictability and certainty to both tenants and landlords in an imbalanced and dysfunctional rental market; and

— restrictions on the termination of tenancies in multi-unit developments where the property owner/landlord is seeking to sell (known as the ‘Tyrrelstown Amendment’);

— the Government continues to monitor and assess the need for further targeted and proportionate measures, in consultation with the Attorney General, that may impact on property rights but which are merited in the interests of restoring balance to the housing market and meeting the overall housing needs of our population; and

— the Eighth Report of the Convention on the Constitution has already been referred to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, for consideration of issues regarding social, economic and cultural rights from a Constitutional point of view, and this provides an opportunity for further consideration of housing rights issues, and an opportunity will be provided for Dáil Éireann to debate the Committee’s report in due course.”

- (Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government)

An Leas-Cheann Comhairle

I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion regarding housing. On Tuesday, 24 October 2017, on the question that amendment No. 3 to the motion be agreed to, a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 70(2), that division must be taken now.

Amendment put:

The Dáil divided: Tá, 52; Níl, 82; Staon, 0.

Tá

Bailey, Maria.
Barrett, Seán.
Breen, Pat.
Brophy, Colm.
Bruton, Richard.
Burke, Peter.
Byrne, Catherine.
Canney, Seán.
Carey, Joe.
Corcoran Kennedy, Marcella.
Coveney, Simon.
Creed, Michael.
D'Arcy, Michael.
Daly, Jim.
Deasy, John.
Deering, Pat.
Doherty, Regina.
Donohoe, Paschal.
Doyle, Andrew.
Durkan, Bernard J.
English, Damien.
Farrell, Alan.
Fitzgerald, Frances.
Fitzpatrick, Peter.
Griffin, Brendan.
Halligan, John.
Harris, Simon.
Heydon, Martin.
Humphreys, Heather.
Kehoe, Paul.
Kyne, Seán.
McEntee, Helen.
McGrath, Finian.
McHugh, Joe.
McLoughlin, Tony.
Madigan, Josepha.
Mitchell O'Connor, Mary.
Moran, Kevin Boxer.
Murphy, Dara.
Murphy, Eoghan.
Naughten, Denis.
Naughton, Hildegarde.
Neville, Tom.
Noonan, Michael.
O'Connell, Kate.
O'Dowd, Fergus.
Phelan, John Paul.
Ring, Michael.
Rock, Noel.
Ross, Shane.
Stanton, David.
Zappone, Katherine.

Níl

Aylward, Bobby.
Barry, Mick.
Boyd Barrett, Richard.
Brady, John.
Brassil, John.
Breathnach, Declan.
Broughan, Thomas P.
Browne, James.
Buckley, Pat.
Burton, Joan.
Butler, Mary.
Byrne, Thomas.
Cahill, Jackie.
Calleary, Dara.
Casey, Pat.
Cassells, Shane.
Chambers, Jack.
Chambers, Lisa.
Collins, Michael.
Connolly, Catherine.
Coppinger, Ruth.
Cowen, Barry.
Cullinane, David.
Curran, John.
Daly, Clare.
Doherty, Pearse.
Dooley, Timmy.
Ellis, Dessie.
Ferris, Martin.
Fitzmaurice, Michael.
Funchion, Kathleen.
Grealish, Noel.
Harty, Michael.
Haughey, Seán.
Healy, Seamus.
Howlin, Brendan.
Kelleher, Billy.
Kelly, Alan.
Kenny, Gino.
Kenny, Martin.
Lahart, John.
Lowry, Michael.
MacSharry, Marc.
McConalogue, Charlie.
McGrath, Mattie.
McGrath, Michael.
McGuinness, John.
Martin, Catherine.
Mitchell, Denise.
Moynihan, Aindrias.
Moynihan, Michael.
Munster, Imelda.
Murphy O'Mahony, Margaret.
Murphy, Catherine.
Murphy, Paul.
Nolan, Carol.
Ó Broin, Eoin.
Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín.
Ó Cuív, Éamon.
Ó Laoghaire, Donnchadh.
Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
O'Brien, Darragh.
O'Brien, Jonathan.
O'Callaghan, Jim.
O'Keeffe, Kevin.
O'Loughlin, Fiona.
O'Reilly, Louise.
O'Rourke, Frank.
O'Sullivan, Jan.
Penrose, Willie.
Quinlivan, Maurice.
Rabbitte, Anne.
Ryan, Brendan.
Ryan, Eamon.
Sherlock, Sean.
Smith, Brendan.
Smith, Bríd.
Smyth, Niamh.
Stanley, Brian.
Tóibín, Peadar.
Troy, Robert.
Wallace, Mick.

Staon

Tellers: Tá, Deputies Joe McHugh and Tony McLoughlin; Níl, Deputies Seamus Healy and Catherine Murphy.

Amendment declared lost.

Deputy Barry Cowen

I move amendment No. 1:

To delete all words after “exigencies of the common good” and substitute the following:

“further notes:

— that this House has passed several motions and legislation pertaining to the housing crisis over the past number of years and the Government has had four housing Ministers, four policies and numerous launches since 2014;

— that the State has built fewer than 3,500 social homes since 2011, less than the number constructed every year on average from 1994 to 2010;

— that fewer than 600 new social homes will be constructed in 2017 when the Rebuilding Ireland target is 5,000;

— that only 24% of 10,000 units in the ‘construction pipeline’ are on site, so it will be 2021 before most are built compared to the already unambitious target of 26,000 units;

— that despite announcements in Budget 2018, the overall housing budget is too low and skewed toward current housing programmes, such as the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme;

— the capital house building budget - €730 million in 2017 and €1.14 billion in 2018 - is still 24% below 2008 levels;

— that, as a result, insufficient housing stock is being added as social housing provision coming from the private rental and owner-occupier market;

— that due to years of under-supply and pent-up demand, Ireland needs 40,000 to 50,000 new homes per year to make a dent in demand and a noticeable impact on affordability;

— that the Government target is 25,000 by 2021 and 15,000 to 18,000 new units expected in 2017;

— that clearly there is a market failure in housing and new interventions are required to stimulate supply;

— that the Government’s reluctance to accept the actual challenges and its refusal to make any interventions in the housing market is making a crisis situation worse;

— the commitment in A Programme for a Partnership Government to initiate an affordable housing scheme and the failure of the Government to date to reintroduce affordable housing initiatives for low and middle-income households;

— that it is in the area of homelessness that the Government’s inept housing policy really comes into plain view, and the abandonment of targets on hotel accommodation and continuing failure to make a dent in rising homeless figures cannot continue to be ignored;

— that the Eighth Report of the Convention on the Constitution, outlining economic, cultural and social rights to be enshrined in the Constitution of Ireland, including the right to housing legislation, is currently before the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach; and

— the commitment in A Programme for a Partnership Government to increase funding for a special resolution fund for unfinished homes; and

calls on the Government to:

— acknowledge the pressing need for delivery over spin in addressing the housing crisis;

— commit to meeting the Rebuilding Ireland targets on moving homeless families out of hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation by the end of 2017;

— revise the emergency homeless strategy, in particular, redesigning homeless HAP and the HAP scheme, so households are not discouraged from taking up tenancies and are not removed from main social housing waiting lists;

— continue to increase and rebalance the housing budget toward capital expenditure;

— accelerate the establishment of Home Building Finance Ireland, utilise National Asset Management Agency proceeds and expertise to invest in housing and develop new vehicles to enable off-balance sheet funding for social housing projects from private sources and the credit union movement across Ireland;

— devise a strategy to enable and encourage far greater scale and size in social house building projects;

— recognise the significant market failures in housing, including in planning, finance, infrastructure and costs of construction, which the market requires State intervention to overcome;

— acknowledge that the Government’s target of 25,000 new house completions by 2021 is not adequate, given years of pent-up demand and under-supply, and that at a minimum we need 45,000 to 50,000 units output annually over the next few years;

— commit to reintroducing affordable housing schemes, including affordable owner-occupier and rental housing schemes, for middle-income households and explore possible financial incentives aimed at encouraging development of housing at more affordable price points;

— introduce financial incentives to build high-density developments, where they are currently not commercially viable to build, in Dublin City and other local authorities;

— commit to greater enforcement and implementation of rent pressure zones and other rent regulations including more staffing and resources for the Residential Tenancies Board;

— tackle land hoarding by large investors, which is clearly holding back supply including by making changes to capital gains tax and introducing a new site tax to encourage the use of empty sites; and

— devise new strategies to manage vacant properties including an active occupancy register.”

Amendment put:

The Dáil divided: Tá, 37; Níl, 99; Staon, 0.

Tá

Aylward, Bobby.
Brassil, John.
Breathnach, Declan.
Browne, James.
Butler, Mary.
Byrne, Thomas.
Cahill, Jackie.
Calleary, Dara.
Casey, Pat.
Cassells, Shane.
Chambers, Jack.
Chambers, Lisa.
Cowen, Barry.
Curran, John.
Dooley, Timmy.
Fleming, Sean.
Haughey, Seán.
Kelleher, Billy.
Lahart, John.
Lawless, James.
MacSharry, Marc.
McConalogue, Charlie.
McGrath, Michael.
McGuinness, John.
Moynihan, Aindrias.
Moynihan, Michael.
Murphy O'Mahony, Margaret.
Ó Cuív, Éamon.
O'Brien, Darragh.
O'Callaghan, Jim.
O'Keeffe, Kevin.
O'Loughlin, Fiona.
O'Rourke, Frank.
Rabbitte, Anne.
Smith, Brendan.
Smyth, Niamh.
Troy, Robert.

Níl

Bailey, Maria.
Barrett, Seán.
Barry, Mick.
Boyd Barrett, Richard.
Brady, John.
Breen, Pat.
Brophy, Colm.
Broughan, Thomas P.
Bruton, Richard.
Buckley, Pat.
Burke, Peter.
Burton, Joan.
Byrne, Catherine.
Canney, Seán.
Carey, Joe.
Collins, Michael.
Connolly, Catherine.
Coppinger, Ruth.
Corcoran Kennedy, Marcella.
Coveney, Simon.
Creed, Michael.
Cullinane, David.
D'Arcy, Michael.
Daly, Clare.
Daly, Jim.
Deasy, John.
Deering, Pat.
Doherty, Pearse.
Doherty, Regina.
Donohoe, Paschal.
Doyle, Andrew.
Durkan, Bernard J.
Ellis, Dessie.
English, Damien.
Farrell, Alan.
Ferris, Martin.
Fitzgerald, Frances.
Fitzmaurice, Michael.
Fitzpatrick, Peter.
Funchion, Kathleen.
Grealish, Noel.
Griffin, Brendan.
Halligan, John.
Harris, Simon.
Harty, Michael.
Healy, Seamus.
Heydon, Martin.
Howlin, Brendan.
Humphreys, Heather.
Kehoe, Paul.
Kelly, Alan.
Kenny, Gino.
Kenny, Martin.
Kyne, Seán.
Lowry, Michael.
McEntee, Helen.
McGrath, Finian.
McGrath, Mattie.
McHugh, Joe.
McLoughlin, Tony.
Madigan, Josepha.
Martin, Catherine.
Mitchell O'Connor, Mary.
Mitchell, Denise.
Moran, Kevin Boxer.
Munster, Imelda.
Murphy, Catherine.
Murphy, Dara.
Murphy, Eoghan.
Murphy, Paul.
Naughten, Denis.
Naughton, Hildegarde.
Neville, Tom.
Nolan, Carol.
Noonan, Michael.
Ó Broin, Eoin.
Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín.
Ó Laoghaire, Donnchadh.
Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
O'Brien, Jonathan.
O'Connell, Kate.
O'Dowd, Fergus.
O'Reilly, Louise.
O'Sullivan, Jan.
Penrose, Willie.
Phelan, John Paul.
Quinlivan, Maurice.
Ring, Michael.
Rock, Noel.
Ross, Shane.
Ryan, Brendan.
Ryan, Eamon.
Sherlock, Sean.
Smith, Bríd.
Stanley, Brian.
Stanton, David.
Tóibín, Peadar.
Wallace, Mick.
Zappone, Katherine.

Staon

Tellers: Tá, Deputies Michael Moynihan and John Lahart; Níl, Deputies Seamus Healy and Aengus Ó Snodaigh.

Amendment declared lost.

Deputy Jan O'Sullivan

I move amendment No. 2:

To delete all words after “exigencies of the common good” and substitute the following:

“reaffirms the conclusion of the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution, in its Ninth Progress Report on Private Property, that the power of the Oireachtas to impose restrictions on property rights in the public interest is by now constitutionally well established;

recalls the examples listed by the Committee where the courts have stated that private property rights are far from absolute and that far-reaching interferences with such rights may be justified by reference to the common good;

highlights the decision of the Supreme Court in the matter of the Planning and Development Bill 1999 (2000), in which the Supreme Court held that the Oireachtas is entitled to conclude that the provision of affordable housing, and housing for persons in special categories and of integrated housing, is rationally connected ‘to an objective of sufficient importance to warrant interference with a constitutionally protected right and, given the serious social problems which they are designed to meet, they undoubtedly relate to concerns which, in a free and democratic society, should be regarded as pressing and substantial’;

notes in particular the Committee's conclusion that the recommendations of the Kenny Report on the Price of Building Land would survive constitutional scrutiny;

believes, therefore, that the Constitution of Ireland can no longer be used as a shelter and excuse for inaction by those who, for their own reasons, oppose the necessary reforms to our laws to ensure accessible and decent public and private housing;

concludes that there is no need for a constitutional emergency to give cover to special measures to deal with the housing crisis but, instead, what is needed is a willingness on the part of legislators to use all their available constitutional powers, so as to design and maintain, on a permanent basis, a stable and functioning market that provides a sustainable and affordable supply of public and private housing, for owner-occupier and for tenants; and

calls for a major programme of law reform to:

— make home ownership a realistic goal for many through a permanent reduction in the price of building land, an effective and dissuasive vacant property tax, and a new and affordable housing purchase scheme;

— make rental accommodation both affordable and secure, through a proper system of Consumer Price Index linked rent control, a transformed role for the National Asset Management Agency, long-term security of tenure, and reforms to the deposit retention scheme;

— put the consumer at the heart of a reformed mortgage protection law;

— solve the homelessness crisis by putting local authorities back into the business of building and letting affordable homes, with at least 5,000 constructed each year on top of existing targets; and

— ensure sustainable planning for our future under a revised National Planning Framework and the full use of all powers available to our local authorities to buy, zone, design and build for our future.”

Amendment put:

The Dáil divided: Tá, 10; Níl, 125; Staon, 0.

Tá

Burton, Joan.
Howlin, Brendan.
Kelly, Alan.
Martin, Catherine.
Murphy, Catherine.
O'Sullivan, Jan.
Penrose, Willie.
Ryan, Brendan.
Ryan, Eamon.
Sherlock, Sean.

Níl

Aylward, Bobby.
Bailey, Maria.
Barrett, Seán.
Barry, Mick.
Boyd Barrett, Richard.
Brady, John.
Brassil, John.
Breathnach, Declan.
Breen, Pat.
Brophy, Colm.
Broughan, Thomas P.
Browne, James.
Bruton, Richard.
Buckley, Pat.
Burke, Peter.
Butler, Mary.
Byrne, Catherine.
Byrne, Thomas.
Cahill, Jackie.
Calleary, Dara.
Canney, Seán.
Carey, Joe.
Casey, Pat.
Cassells, Shane.
Chambers, Jack.
Chambers, Lisa.
Collins, Michael.
Connolly, Catherine.
Coppinger, Ruth.
Corcoran Kennedy, Marcella.
Coveney, Simon.
Cowen, Barry.
Creed, Michael.
Cullinane, David.
Curran, John.
D'Arcy, Michael.
Daly, Clare.
Daly, Jim.
Deasy, John.
Deering, Pat.
Doherty, Pearse.
Doherty, Regina.
Donohoe, Paschal.
Dooley, Timmy.
Doyle, Andrew.
Durkan, Bernard J.
Ellis, Dessie.
English, Damien.
Farrell, Alan.
Ferris, Martin.
Fitzgerald, Frances.
Fitzmaurice, Michael.
Fitzpatrick, Peter.
Fleming, Sean.
Funchion, Kathleen.
Grealish, Noel.
Griffin, Brendan.
Halligan, John.
Harris, Simon.
Harty, Michael.
Haughey, Seán.
Healy, Seamus.
Heydon, Martin.
Humphreys, Heather.
Kehoe, Paul.
Kelleher, Billy.
Kenny, Gino.
Kenny, Martin.
Kyne, Seán.
Lahart, John.
Lawless, James.
Lowry, Michael.
MacSharry, Marc.
McConalogue, Charlie.
McEntee, Helen.
McGrath, Finian.
McGrath, Mattie.
McGrath, Michael.
McGuinness, John.
McHugh, Joe.
McLoughlin, Tony.
Madigan, Josepha.
Mitchell O'Connor, Mary.
Mitchell, Denise.
Moran, Kevin Boxer.
Moynihan, Aindrias.
Moynihan, Michael.
Munster, Imelda.
Murphy O'Mahony, Margaret.
Murphy, Dara.
Murphy, Eoghan.
Murphy, Paul.
Naughten, Denis.
Naughton, Hildegarde.
Neville, Tom.
Nolan, Carol.
Noonan, Michael.
Ó Broin, Eoin.
Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín.
Ó Cuív, Éamon.
Ó Laoghaire, Donnchadh.
Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
O'Brien, Darragh.
O'Brien, Jonathan.
O'Callaghan, Jim.
O'Connell, Kate.
O'Dowd, Fergus.
O'Keeffe, Kevin.
O'Reilly, Louise.
O'Rourke, Frank.
Phelan, John Paul.
Quinlivan, Maurice.
Rabbitte, Anne.
Ring, Michael.
Rock, Noel.
Ross, Shane.
Smith, Brendan.
Smith, Bríd.
Smyth, Niamh.
Stanley, Brian.
Stanton, David.
Tóibín, Peadar.
Troy, Robert.
Wallace, Mick.
Zappone, Katherine.

Staon

Tellers: Tá, Deputies Brendan Ryan and Willie Penrose; Níl, Deputies Seamus Healy and Aengus Ó Snodaigh.

Amendment declared lost.

Question put: "That the motion be agreed to."

The Dáil divided: Tá, 42; Níl, 90; Staon, 0.

Tá

Barry, Mick.
Boyd Barrett, Richard.
Brady, John.
Broughan, Thomas P.
Buckley, Pat.
Burton, Joan.
Collins, Michael.
Connolly, Catherine.
Coppinger, Ruth.
Cullinane, David.
Daly, Clare.
Doherty, Pearse.
Ellis, Dessie.
Ferris, Martin.
Fitzmaurice, Michael.
Funchion, Kathleen.
Healy, Seamus.
Howlin, Brendan.
Kelly, Alan.
Kenny, Gino.
Kenny, Martin.
Lowry, Michael.
McGrath, Mattie.
Martin, Catherine.
Munster, Imelda.
Murphy, Catherine.
Murphy, Paul.
Nolan, Carol.
Ó Broin, Eoin.
Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín.
Ó Laoghaire, Donnchadh.
Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
O'Brien, Jonathan.
O'Reilly, Louise.
O'Sullivan, Jan.
Penrose, Willie.
Quinlivan, Maurice.
Ryan, Brendan.
Ryan, Eamon.
Smith, Bríd.
Stanley, Brian.
Wallace, Mick.

Níl

Aylward, Bobby.
Bailey, Maria.
Barrett, Seán.
Brassil, John.
Breathnach, Declan.
Breen, Pat.
Brophy, Colm.
Browne, James.
Bruton, Richard.
Burke, Peter.
Butler, Mary.
Byrne, Catherine.
Byrne, Thomas.
Cahill, Jackie.
Calleary, Dara.
Canney, Seán.
Carey, Joe.
Casey, Pat.
Cassells, Shane.
Chambers, Jack.
Chambers, Lisa.
Corcoran Kennedy, Marcella.
Coveney, Simon.
Cowen, Barry.
Creed, Michael.
Curran, John.
D'Arcy, Michael.
Daly, Jim.
Deasy, John.
Deering, Pat.
Doherty, Regina.
Donohoe, Paschal.
Dooley, Timmy.
Doyle, Andrew.
Durkan, Bernard J.
English, Damien.
Farrell, Alan.
Fitzgerald, Frances.
Fitzpatrick, Peter.
Fleming, Sean.
Grealish, Noel.
Griffin, Brendan.
Halligan, John.
Harris, Simon.
Harty, Michael.
Haughey, Seán.
Heydon, Martin.
Humphreys, Heather.
Kehoe, Paul.
Kelleher, Billy.
Kyne, Seán.
Lahart, John.
Lawless, James.
MacSharry, Marc.
McConalogue, Charlie.
McEntee, Helen.
McGrath, Finian.
McGrath, Michael.
McGuinness, John.
McHugh, Joe.
McLoughlin, Tony.
Madigan, Josepha.
Mitchell O'Connor, Mary.
Moran, Kevin Boxer.
Moynihan, Aindrias.
Moynihan, Michael.
Murphy, Dara.
Murphy, Eoghan.
Naughten, Denis.
Naughton, Hildegarde.
Neville, Tom.
Noonan, Michael.
Ó Cuív, Éamon.
O'Brien, Darragh.
O'Callaghan, Jim.
O'Connell, Kate.
O'Dowd, Fergus.
O'Keeffe, Kevin.
O'Loughlin, Fiona.
O'Rourke, Frank.
Phelan, John Paul.
Rabbitte, Anne.
Ring, Michael.
Rock, Noel.
Ross, Shane.
Smith, Brendan.
Smyth, Niamh.
Stanton, David.
Troy, Robert.
Zappone, Katherine.

Staon

Tellers: Tá, Deputies Seamus Healy and Aengus Ó Snodaigh; Níl, Deputies Joe McHugh and Tony McLoughlin.

Question declared lost.

Dáil Éireann debate - Thursday, 26 Oct 2017