Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

The Taoiseach seems to be saying he is not wedded to a single question. The Whitaker review considered the question of whether there should be a provision prohibiting the submission of a Bill containing a number of proposals for amendments with different substantive effects for decision by the people in a referendum by means of a single vote. It concluded that while there should not be such a prohibition, one could rely on the common sense of the House to distinguish into separate questions where matters have different substantive effects. That is manifestly the case in this instance and there is a strong argument for dividing the issues.

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