Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The fiscal responsibility Bill is something the Minister for Finance will bring forward in respect of the issues in the stability treaty that need to be put into legal effect. The Minister is working on this and it will be produced in the reasonably near future; I cannot give a specific date but work is under way.

I do not have a date for the Deputy in respect of the European Communities Act 1972 (amendment) Bill he mentioned.

As I said to Deputy Martin, next week the Government will again consider the preparation of a referendum Bill and the appointment of a referendum commission and its chair. No decision has been made on the chair, the appointment of the referendum commission or the Bill, but work will proceed on some aspects of them this week. We will inform the House next week on progress made.

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