Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Ministers should not toss out commitments to hold referenda if they are merely thinking aloud. Many people who are interested in this issue understood from the Minister's statement that there would be a referendum, given his view that this was a constitutional imperative and he had to enshrine it in the new Defamation Act. I do not know what to take from the Taoiseach's response as to whether there will or will not be a referendum on blasphemy.

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