Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 455: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to change the Constitution which states that a citizen may vote from 18 years old but may not be a candidate to become a member of the Houses of the Oireachtas until the age of 21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27334/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Articles 16.1.1 and 18.2 of the Constitution provide that every citizen, without distinction of sex, who has reached the age of 21 years and who is not placed under disability or incapacity by the Constitution or by law, is eligible for membership of the Oireachtas. There are no proposals currently to bring forward a constitutional amendment to lower the age at which a person may become a member of the Oireachtas.