Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As Deputies will be aware, the Constitutional Convention was set up with great results to make recommendations to the Government on whether referendums should be held. The Government had decided to hold a referendum on this matter. It is one of the few cases where anybody can say a commitment was honoured. The people have made a clear decision that Seanad Éireann should be retained in our Constitution and that has been accepted by me as Taoiseach.

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