Conference on a Referendum on Housing in Ireland
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The conference forms part of the fact finding and orientation stage of The Housing Commission’s work, serving as a listening exercise to examine the complex constitutional questions arising and the various proposals that have been made around the potential wording for an amendment to the Constitution and to assist the commission in its task to advise the government, in an independent and objective manner, regarding the critical factors for consideration and to make recommendations as to the appropriate wording to be put to the people.
Themes include:
Agenda for the Conference on a Referendum on Housing in Ireland: 10-11 May 2022
Clar Comhdháil maidir le Reifreann ar Thithíocht in Éirinn
Papers and presentations from the conference are available* below by panel.
Panel 3 - Irish Judicial Approaches to Socio-Economic Rights and Positive Obligations
Panel 4 - Right to Housing – International Perspectives
Panel 5 - Socio-Economic Rights, (Re) Distribution and Judicial Competence
Panel 6 - Does Constitutionalising Social Rights Make a Difference?
Panel 7 - Statutory Housing Rights and Discrimination within Housing
*materials included where permission has been received from the contributors
The conference will take place in the UCD Centre for Constitutional Studies, Sutherland School of Law, UCD. The Sutherland School of Law is a landmark new building located southeast of the existing Quinn School of Business within the main Belfield campus of University College Dublin.
Belfield, the main UCD campus, is located 4 kilometres south of Dublin city centre.
The campus is well served by transport links – see UCD's Commuting page. Here you will find information on Bus, Train, Taxi, Car and Cycle options, and some useful tools and apps to help you plan your journey to UCD and around Dublin.
Please see the map for free parking. Green areas indicate free out of term parking. Other car parks are pay and display.
Car parks in the main Belfield campus of University College Dublin (UCD)
High speed free open-access WiFi internet will be available. There will also be a separate room signposted and available to charge devices.
Tea and coffee at registration, plus a brown bag lunch will be provided.
The following local hotels are near to the UCD conference venue:
You will also find more options on Booking.com, Tripadvisor or Airbnb.
The conference venue at UCD is just approximately 45 mins to 1 hour for travel at peak times for those commuting from the city centre.
This conference will be of interest to people working in the area of housing and law in both applied, policy and academic settings, as well as students undertaking studies in related areas.
For further information on The Housing Commission Conference, please contact secretariat@housingcommission.gov.ie