The Tánaiste may be aware that in 2014, there was a working group set up within Government to look at the issue of voting rights for the diaspora and citizens in the North. How many times has it met and when is it due to report? Will the report contain any legislation to extend voting rights?

Perhaps I can be helpful there. We had quite a long debate in the Seanad on this yesterday. I have given a commitment to bring forward a detailed options paper on extending the franchise in presidential elections to Irish citizens living outside of Ireland.

And also in the North of Ireland.

Yes, exactly.

That is not outside of Ireland; it is actually part of Ireland.

Can we please not have conversations? These are one-minute questions on promised legislation.

It is an important point.

Citizens in Northern Ireland are in a unique situation because they are entitled to have Irish or British citizenship in full-----

They live in Ireland.

-----or both if they want to. We are looking at the practical implications of extending the franchise for presidential elections so that when we make an announcement on the issue we will be able to answer questions in a comprehensive way.

I thank the Minister. His time is up.

What others seem to be looking for is to make a commitment without being able to answer those questions. That is not the way we should approach it because we are leading some people up the garden path.

I only wanted to know how many times the working group met.

The Minister's time is up. Deputy Joan Burton.