asked the Taoiseach if any of the leaflets on the university and adoption referenda were distributed by the Government Information Services other than to the political parties; the number of leaflets so distributed; and the method of distribution.

The leaflets on the Seanad representation referendum were distributed to the political parties only. No requests for the leaflets were received from any other organisation.

Some 250,000 leaflets about the adoption referendum were given to the adoption societies. Of those 200,000 for the Adoptive Parents' Association were collected from the Government Information Services by a representative of that association. The remaining 50,000 leaflets were sent by train to the Cork Adoptive Parents' Association.