Seanad debates

Thursday, 16 January 2014

Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Tom Arnold

 

12:20 pm

Photo of Caít KeaneCaít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Arnold and compliment him on the work he has done in the citizens' assembly, or rather the Constitutional Convention. I mentioned "citizens' assembly" inadvertently as I knew it was a term used in the Fine Gael document. I do not think any party had a monopoly in the setting up of the convention, but in our manifesto before the last election there was a recommendation that a citizens' assembly be established along the lines of what was evident in the Netherlands. I compliment Mr. Arnold for chairing the body.

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