Michael Lowry (Tipperary North, Independent)
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206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the fourth and fifth reports of the Constitutional Convention will be brought before Dáil Éireann; if this will be done without delay, in view of the fact that the deadline to respond has passed and in view of the importance of the recommendations contained in these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38313/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The Government has already responded to the recommendation in the Fourth Report of the Convention on the Constitution for the establishment of an Electoral Commission. The preparatory work on this task has commenced in my Department and the Government Legislation Programme provides for the publication of an Electoral Commission Bill in 2015.

The Government expects to respond to the remaining recommendations in the Fourth Report and to the recommendations in the Fifth Report of the Convention before the end of the current Dáil session.