Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

When this Government took office, unemployment was up to 40% above the eurozone average.

However, Christmas is all about families coming home.

As Deputies will be aware, No. 38 on the Order Paper provides for the Dáil to discuss the fourth report of the Constitutional Convention. The Government takes the work of the convention very seriously. As the Taoiseach said, at our recent meeting a decision was made to put before the people, in late spring or early summer next year, two constitutional questions put forward by the convention. One is on marriage equality, while the other is on the age qualification of presidential election candidates.

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