Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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The petitioner had lots of fun with his engagement but we cannot engage with it as I am sure he would appreciate.

Petition No P0008/14 is from Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald. He is seeking greater access for the public to Leinster House. The Joint Sub-committee on Public Petitions considered this petition at its meeting on 9 April 2014. Arising from its deliberations the committee agreed, as a preliminary step, to forward the petition to the Dáil Committee on Procedure and Privileges, CPP, for its consideration and to report back. A response has been received from the Dáil CPP on 17 June 2014 which states that at its meeting on 11 June 2014, the Dáil CPP considered the letter from the petitions committee and decided to request the Superintendent to prepare a proposal to achieve the changes proposed. The Dáil CPP has also informed the clerk of Seanad Éireann's CPP of this proposal.

As the proposals from the petition have been agreed in principle by the Dáil CPP and the request has been forwarded to the Superintendent of the Houses requesting that he draw up proposals to facilitate implementing the petitioner’s suggestion, the hope is that the petition’s objective has been achieved. We will keep the petition open until we are satisfied that the objectives have been achieved. We will wait to hear back from the Superintendent.