314. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason she is of the view that the question of the gender equality amendments to the 1937 Constitution proposed by the Constitutional Convention are so complex as to require a task force, even though Article 41.2 has been the subject of criticism from the Constitution's inception, and there is no shortage of previously available expert opinion in the public domain in this regard; and the reason it has taken this task force over a year to finalise its recommendations. [43193/14]

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314. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason she is of the view that the question of the gender equality amendments to the 1937 Constitution proposed by the Constitutional Convention are so complex as to require a task force, even though Article 41.2 has been the subject of criticism from the Constitution's inception, and there is no shortage of previously available expert opinion in the public domain in this regard; and the reason it has taken this task force over a year to finalise its recommendations. [43193/14]

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1. 11 November 2014

   Constitutional Convention Recommendations

   314. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason she is of the view that the question of the gender equality amendments to the 1937 Constitution proposed by the Constitutional Convention are so complex as to require a task force, even though Article 41.2 has been the subject of criticism from the Constitution's inception, and there is no shortage of previously available expert opinion in the public domain in this regard; and the reason it has taken this task force over a year to finalise its recommendations. [43193/14]

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