Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank all members who came in on this and the Minister of State for his comments. I welcome the commitment from the Minister of State that the commission will be tasked early on with looking at this and at the Scottish example in terms of the lower voting age.

My point that we are approaching ten years from the constitutional convention and that many of its recommendations still have not been moved on stands. This would be better legislation if it were built into it that this review would take place in the next 18 months.