Ms Fiona Quinn:

The statement of strategy by its nature is higher level but with regard to the timing of referendums, a number of referendums are set out in the programme for Government and a few of them are relevant to the Department. The Government will need to decide on the timing of the holding of all these referendums. It needs to be managed over the lifetime of the Government in between any of the other electoral events due to happen. It is unlikely the statement of strategy will set it out unless it is called out specifically in the programme for Government, which in this case I do not think it is.