Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Go raibh maith agat, Taoiseach. Thank you for the opening statement. A number of colleagues have already indicated and I see many more. In order to facilitate everyone getting in in the time available, exchanges will be limited to six minutes per question and answer. I ask everyone to adhere to that.

I was glad to hear the Taoiseach commit to holding a referendum on Article 41, but the committee recommended in its interim report that a referendum be held in 2023, next year, to give effect to recommendations Nos. 1 to 3. Colleagues may wish to explore that issue further with him. We will certainly be returning to it in our final report.

The colleagues who indicated first were Deputy Cronin, Senator Warfield and Senator Pauline O'Reilly. After that, I will call Deputies Hourigan, Cannon, Carroll MacNeill, McAuliffe and Clarke.