Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2015
152. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number, name and date of Bills initiated in his Department that have been subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas. [23646/15]
View answer153. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number, name and date of Bills initiated in his Department since September 2013. [23672/15]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 152 and 153 together.
The only Bill initiated in my Department since 2011 was a referendum Bill - the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013. This Bill (number 63 of 2013) was published on 6 June 2013, before the formalisation of the pre-legislative review process by Standing Orders which came into effect in November 2013.
In any event, proposals to amend the Constitution are the subject of extensive public information campaigns run by the Referendum Commission before they are voted on by the people.
