Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. As there is a changing of the guard, I also welcome the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan.

I compliment Senators Katherine Zappone and Feargal Quinn on the Seanad Bill 2013 which arises from the consultation paper, Open it, Don't Close It: Radical Seanad Reform Through Legislative Change. I will not refer much to the Bill because it is, to some extent, academic.

The Government has decided to have a referendum, which I believe will be on 24 October. Has the Minister set a date yet?