We are pushing forward on it and I know that it is a priority for the Minister of State, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. I am hopeful it will finally finish its journey in the Seanad before the end of this term. I would welcome help in that regard.

On the forgotten referendum on the age of presidential candidates, I very much regret the result and take issue with what Senator Gerard P. Craughwell said. I thought it was an important issue and, in the spirit of equality, was very much a champion of the referendum campaign. Colleagues in Trinity College Dublin wrote very powerfully on why people should vote "Yes" in the referendum.

There was silence on the issue.

Senator David Norris referred, rightly, to the Constitutional Convention and some of the other very important recommendations that I regret we did not get to put to the people, in particular on the age of voting, the removal of blasphemy and the place of women in the home. They are all issues on which referendums are overdue.

There was also a recommendation on extending the nomination procedure to the public.