Seanad debates

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed)

 

1:05 pm

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I would like to be allowed to speak, please. There are legal difficulties with regard to this specific matter. The advice I have received is that the Seanad is not constituency-based in the sense that the entire country is a constituency. The notion of defining where a constituency office or workspace should be located presents legal difficulty. I think it is something we need to reflect on further. I would not dismiss it out of hand. I am saying that I do not consider it-----

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