Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

Will the Taoiseach clarify whether his office co-ordinates this extensive process of revision? How does it relate to Dáil Éireann? Is it proposed to do it through each Minister encompassing his or her area of responsibility bringing amending legislation to the Dáil? What is the timetable? It is quite an undertaking in terms of the breadth of the issues covered. This goes back to the mists of the past when one was obliged to sell a horse for a few shillings. When the Taoiseach said he has no plans for a constitutional referendum for the remainder of his time in government, did he mean the Minister for Foreign Affairs was blatantly putting a red herring out on Monday when he advocated that such a course of action would find favour with him in terms of the present and recent controversies?

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