Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On the Deputy's first point, I do not believe the comment she made is fair in the sense that she juxtaposed my position and the frustration of people over not getting the amendment. I have been involved with various referendums. Referendum commissions are given a job to do and need time to do it. When I am asked for a specific timeline, I want to make sure it allows the commission time to do its work comprehensively and in an informed way. I do not want it alleged that a commission was just put together at short notice and did not have time to do its work properly. That is all I am saying. It is something we should all agree with. If we want constitutional change, we should do it properly. The first stage is to settle on wording. We do not have wording right now. We have disagreement on that. "Disagreement" might be too strong a word but we are trying to work towards agreement.