Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The petitioner is not satisfied with the response from the Department with its reference - or lack of reference, according to the petitioner - to Article 16. We recommend that the petitioner's concerns, as outlined in his letter, be forwarded to the Department for response so that the shortcomings, as the petitioner sees them, are addressed. Do we need to discuss the parts of the correspondence that the petitioner wishes to keep confidential? Do members have any views on this? In private session, we asked whether it would be worthwhile writing to the Electoral Commission regarding the proposal in its draft research programme that the commission examine matters concerning by-elections to ask if that work has started and, if so, how much progress has been made on it.