Seanad debates

Wednesday, 13 November 2002

Will the Leader make Government time available to debate the motion which I have submitted and which is listed No. 15 on the Order Paper? This motion asks that the House consider the report of the task force on the Irish abroad. Excellent work was done in this House ten or 15 years ago on the issue of voting rights for emigrants. A report has been produced by the task force and will be considered presently by the Cabinet. The Dáil does not have the time to debate this issue and it should be debated in Government time in the Seanad. The motion, in my name and those of my Fine Gael colleagues, is not contentious. It simply allows the report to be considered by the House at the earliest possible date. Such a debate would allow us to find out the Government's thinking in relation to this report.

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