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Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Dublin Factory Closure.

Referendum information leaflets

Summary

Barry sought an Adjournment debate about referendum arrangements and the Minister’s reply to Question No. 11. The Minister said leaflets were available through the Government Information Service, but FitzGerald said they had not been delivered to Deputies and asked for distribution nationwide; the Ceann Comhairle ruled that the House could not debate the matter during Question Time.

Peter Barry Mr. P. Barry Fine Gael

With your permission I should like to raise on the Adjournment the arrangements announced by the Taoiseach this week for the holding of the referendum on Thursday of next week and the reply the Minister for the Environment gave to Question No. 11.

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Joseph Brennan An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

I will communicate with the Deputy.

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Sylvester Barrett Minister for the Environment (Mr. Barrett) Fianna Fáil

Since that question was raised I have been given to understand that the leaflets are now available at the Government Information Service.

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I have just checked out the arrangements made to have them delivered to us, and they have not been delivered to us. Many Deputies and Senators have left the House and it is impossible for Deputies and Senators to take 16,000 leaflets with them. That number would cover only one eighth——

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Joseph Brennan An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

The Deputy will appreciate that we cannot have a debate in the middle of Question Time about leaflets.

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Some people are interested in the referendum and want to get information.

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Peter Barry Mr. P. Barry Fine Gael

Obviously nobody over there is interested.

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Garrett Fitzgerald Mr. G. Fitzgerald Fine Gael

The Deputy knows that is not true.

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Resign. Get out.

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Could I ask the Minister whether he has made arrangements for delivery of these leaflets to every part of the country in view of the incompetence which led to the fact that they are not available here now? Will the Minister make those arrangements? Does he care about the referendum?

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