Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

-----in 1994? A vacancy had arisen in the House and had existed for some time. The High Court granted leave to the applicant to institute judicial review proceedings against the Government. In its judgment, the court stated: "[T]here was an arguable case that the government of Ireland has a constitutional obligation to set down and to support motions for the issue of a writ for the holding of a by-election after a reasonable time had elapsed from the vacancy arising". Given the fact that there is now a vacancy in the Tánaiste's own constituency which has existed for 12 months, has the Government given any consideration-----

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