Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

On the question of the Minister for Health making a statement or taking part in a debate in the House in respect of both the additional funding provided to the health service for this year and the way in which the Minister is seeking better deals with regard to drug prices, I am quite sure the Whips, subject to discussions among them, would be happy to arrange for this to happen at an appropriate time.

The Government has received the reports of the Constitutional Convention and it is committed to holding two referenda in the early part of the summer in respect of marriage equality and the age of qualification for those who wish to stand as candidates in Presidential elections. We do not have any proposals to hold further constitutional referenda at this point. The Government has received the convention's recommendation regarding the women-in-the-home clause in the Constitution. However, no date has been set for a referendum in respect of that matter.

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