Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised)

3:00 pm

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The subcontractor law is not being applied. It has not been fully completed as the adjudicators have not been selected. Therefore, it still has not been of any use to any of the subcontractors in the State, although it has spent four years making its way through the Houses.

On the programme for Government, the Taoiseach referred to the completion of the work of the Constitutional Convention. This examined voting rights for citizens living abroad, amending the clause on the role of women in the home, substantial Dáil reform, amending the current Dáil electoral form, the removal of blasphemy from the Constitution, reducing the voting age and amending the Constitution to strengthen the protection of economic, social and cultural rights. This work has not been completed. Is there an intention to complete it?

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