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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2020

Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Ceisteanna (892)

Cian O'Callaghan

Ceist:

892. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department produced or commissioned research, reports or memos on the constitutional right to housing or housing rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12241/20]

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Economic, social and cultural rights, including 'the right of people to an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including adequate food, clothing and housing', set out in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, were debated during the 2014 Convention on the Constitution.

The Eighth Report of the Convention dealt with the matter of economic, social and cultural rights and recommended that the Constitution be amended to provide enhanced constitutional protection of economic, social and cultural rights; to be realized progressively, subject to maximum available resources and to be justiciable.

The Government's response to the recommendations contained in the Eighth Report pointed out that the Constitutional Convention's recommendations raised substantial questions and the Eighth Report was referred in 2017 to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach to consider the implications arising in terms of balance of rights, good governance (including the separation of powers) and resource prioritisation. The question of the right to housing was to be considered with the other economic, cultural and social rights and the process was intended to be that a determination regarding possible next steps in the public debate would follow the Oireachtas committee engagement.

The Oireachtas Committee engagement did not take place and that Committee is now dissolved.

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