Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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34. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his plans for constitutional amendments. [6930/23]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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There are various proposals for constitutional reform under consideration, including some arising from the Programme for Government, others from the work of Citizens’ Assemblies and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality and others, such as the EU Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, that arise from legal requirements.

While no final decisions have been made as yet on the timing for the holding of referendums, the Government is anxious to progress matters expeditiously and attaches a particular priority to the gender equality issues. I note that with the establishment of the Electoral Commission it will now fulfil the role of referendum commissions which will help to streamline the process necessary for the conduct of referendums.