Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As others have stated, before this debate I would have favoured deletion in the same way as the Minister. It is important that we have this deliberative process and that the Minister and other speakers appear before us so that we can balance our decision on whether we replace this Article or not. The timeline the Minister had envisaged has obviously changed. What is his indicative timeline for this? If the committee had an agreed outcome on this, when would he see a potential referendum occurring or if deletion were to be recommended, when would the Minister hope to establish the Citizens' Assembly or when would he have the referendum if it was to replace the Article? Can the Minister give an indicative timeline on that?