Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

Will the Taoiseach publish a realistic indicative timeline? The referendum on the fiscal compact treaty clearly has to take place. We need to know whether it will then be possible to hold the referendum on children's rights and when that will be held, and then there is the referendum on the Seanad. The Taoiseach has an opportunity to include the Seanad issue in the remit of the constitutional convention. It would be logical to do so if we were serious about a fundamental and radical look at our political system.

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