Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

The Taoiseach is responsible for referenda. We had the Order for Second Stage of the 28th Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2005, which was a prerequisite for a referendum. Will the Taoiseach indicate if that legislation will be brought forward in the future or is it in abeyance? Does it depend on factors outside his control or can he indicate if he has a date in mind?

We discussed North-South bodies earlier and the Taoiseach said he would consider the obstacles, as he saw them, in the way of the register for persons considered unsafe to work with children legislation. Has he had an opportunity to do so? Will it be possible to overcome those obstacles given that in the North, a different view seems to have been taken, namely, that it is possible to continue and not to be held up by the lack of institutions there? Has there been progress on that issue?

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