Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I formally propose that Committee Stage be postponed, that the Minister agree to consult Deputy Joan Collins and that the committee receive an update within two months on what progress, if any, has emanated from that process. As the Minister stated, amendments will not be forthcoming from the Government because it intends to rebut the Bill, which is not to say it is not committed to producing legislation to effect a referendum to amend the Constitution. If other members are agreeable, I would like the process I have proposed to be investigated. If, following its completion, Deputy Joan Collins is still of the opinion that the legislation needs to be tested in the Chamber, so be it.