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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (9 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...that people outside the State would have the right to vote in presidential elections. The fifth report was scheduled and debated here two weeks ago and will come in, having been rescheduled. On blasphemy, we said that, yes, there will be a referendum under the next Administration, and we informed the Islamic community of that last week. On Dáil reform, the convention made...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (9 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: ..., could not understand why the reduction in the age of eligibility to become President was prioritised over other issues. We have just discussed the Charlie Hebdo murders in Paris. What about blasphemy being taken out of the Constitution? What about reducing the voting age from 18 to 16 or 17? I have gone through the convention's report. The Government promised a lot - for example,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (9 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...of women and women in politics; on 17 December 2013 to the third report on same-sex marriage; on 18 December 2014 to the fourth report on electoral reform; and on 2 October 2014 to the sixth report on blasphemy. In the process of responding to these reports of the convention, the Government has committed to establishing an electoral commission, as recommended in the convention's fourth...