Ms Ríona Ní Fhlanghaile:

In the options paper we covered the possible need for another amendment to the presidential Articles to consider the 60 day timeframe within which an election must be held if the office is vacated. We proposed that there be a longer timeframe. There is no point in enfranchising citizens abroad if, within the timeframes provided for in the Constitution, they cannot exercise that franchise. That has been factored in. I do not know whether Ms Ingoldsby wants to answer the question on unionists.