Dan Boyle (Green Party)

The three by-elections will be held by the end of March. It has always been the intention of the Government to hold them together, with a wider electoral contest, to save as much money as possible. The wider electoral contest will either be the referendum on children's rights or the election of a mayor of Dublin. That remains the policy position and it will be acted upon. I am trying to provide clarity as I know certain Members have a particular interest in the matter. As a matter of course, the Government always goes to the Supreme Court on losing a High Court action where an issue of constitutionality is affected.