Pauline O'Reilly (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

On the terms of reference, I suppose the question is whether input from the Ministers has been sought. I understand the Minister for Education has had an input. Given that the Taoiseach is a former Minister for further and higher education, I hope he and the Minister for Children have also had an input. Of course, we need to pass a resolution of both Houses, but we need a Government decision in the first instance in order to facilitate that. As a Senator and as a Green Party spokesperson on education, I am trying to use this opportunity to exert pressure. We are in the final year of this Government. The time to get the Government decision and get the resolutions passed is here. We are coming into summer recess. I am concerned, as are all of those who have advocated for the establishment of a citizens’ assembly, that we are running out of time. I would like the Minister of State to go back to the Taoiseach and get him to hurry this along.