Shane McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Question 44: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a referendum Commission will be established on the Lisbon treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25174/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Section 2 of the Referendum Act 1998 provides that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government may establish a Referendum Commission not earlier than the date on which a Bill proposing to amend the Constitution is initiated in the Dáil. I intend to establish a Referendum Commission in respect of the proposal for the amendment of the Constitution relating to the Lisbon Treaty as soon as possible.