Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)
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623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the establishment of a referendum commission for a referendum on the eighth amendment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2922/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Section 2 of the Referendum Act 1998 provides for the establishment of a Referendum Commission. It provides that the Minister may establish a commission, in the case of a constitutional referendum, not earlier than the date on which the relevant Constitutional Amendment Bill is initiated in the Dáil.

I intend to establish a Referendum Commission, in accordance with section 2 of the Referendum Act 1998, in respect of a proposed referendum on the Eighth Amendment once the relevant Constitution Amendment Bill has been initiated in the Dáil.