Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----in order to see how the constitutional convention will work. We should be clear that we have a constitutional convention and we hope it will operate effectively. What I have said to representatives of Fianna Fáil and other parties is that I want to assess how the convention does its work. The National Forum on Europe, for instance, was a good concept. It held meetings around the country, some of which were only attended by five or six people, and eventually became packed by parties, groups or organisations who wanted to make a particular point. That is not the kind of situation we want for the constitutional convention. The intention is to have two clear cases, namely, whether one agrees with reducing the voting age to 17 and whether the presidential term of office should be reduced from seven years to five years and for the presidential election to be co-ordinated with local and European elections which are on a set basis-----

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