Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes. It will report then on the eighth amendment. The report can be dealt with initially followed by the setting up of the Oireachtas committee and obtaining access to expertise in the various sectors. It can then get on with making its recommendations to the Oireachtas for decision by the legislators. If I get it set up and running by October, which is a month earlier than was envisaged, that would mean that it can start its work and reflection on the eighth amendment. When that element of its work is finished, it can report that to the Oireachtas and proceed ahead either with other issues it wishes to examine or ones that it might want to determine itself that it should examine. Either way, it is envisaged that the citizens' assembly would complete its programme of work inside 12 months.