Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Is the Taoiseach saying to the House that no heed should be paid to any answer he gives on this kind of generic question in the future because the Cabinet has not formally endorsed a referendum? Why did he tell the House on 17 February that there would not be a referendum when manifestly it was decided between himself and his Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform that there would be?

If the Government is as determined this week as it was last week to impeach Judge Curtin and to impeach him without compensation, is that still——

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