Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

On the second issue raised by the Deputy about a referendum, the Minister of State with responsibility for children hopes to have a memo for Government by the end of June. The wording is being considered by a number of Departments, as outlined by him in the House about two weeks ago. That matter is progressing as quickly as possible.

On the third issue, namely, the Comptroller and Auditor General carrying out his work into the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, DDDA, either through a special report or under the auspices of his office's powers, this will be done by statutory instrument and the advice is that it will not need primary legislation.

The final issue the Deputy raised was in relation to mortgage arrears. As he is aware, the Government has set up a group to examine the issues and it hopes to report by the end of June.

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