John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)

Let it be remembered that the people who are arguing against the referendum, or the timing of it, are the people who believed a few years ago that such a referendum was unnecessary, but looking back from this position, it is necessary. If they were wrong back then why should anybody expect them to be right now? The truth is that they were wrong back then and they are wrong now.

It is well known that I have for long been a supporter of this referendum. There is nothing complex or difficult about it.

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