Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I asked the Minister whether his Department is the lead Department with regard to the framing of any proposed legislation on a referendum question relating to the role of women in the home. Both of the issues I raised and the question of a plebiscite on a mayor are complex issues. I seek a change in the constitutional provision on the role of women in the home but in so doing, there is a whole variety of options that we could seek to frame. I put it to the Minister that the timeline is very tight. It is now almost the end of May and we have two complex issues to consider. The first one is probably less complex than the second but they are both worthy of consideration. Is the Minister not concerned about the tightness of the timeline? When does he think the Government will make a final call on it?

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