Housing Issues

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 June 2015

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Ceisteanna (609)

Thomas P. Broughan

Ceist:

609. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which addresses the right to housing and of which we are a member; if his Department has reported to the international covenant on the current housing crisis; if not, his plans to do so as the monitoring mechanism is in the form of submitting reports to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25786/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considered the third periodic report of Ireland on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at its 32nd and 33rd meetings, on 8 and 9 June 2015 at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva. As part of the Ireland’s delegation, which was led by Minister of State Seán Sherlock, a senior official from my Department attended and participated in the proceedings.

All documentation relating to Ireland’s submission to the Committee, including documentation and responses to housing related issues, is publicly available on the website of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the following link: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=967&Lang=en.