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Disability and electoral commission Bills

Summary

Michael Moynihan asks when the disability and electoral commission Bills will proceed; the Minister says pre-legislative scrutiny and departmental consultation are advancing.

I will raise two items. Will the Minister confirm when the equality or disability (miscellaneous provisions) Bill, the heads of which were approved in February of last year, will be before the House in light of other discussions we have had this morning? When is it expected the electoral commission Bill will be before the House?

Comment on this

The disability Bill will be the subject of pre-legislative scrutiny as soon as committees are established. That is fairly advanced.

On the electoral commission Bill, a consultation paper has come from the committee and that is being discussed in the Department. Obviously, that will have to reflect on the pre-legislative scrutiny before it comes back to the House.

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