Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----particularly in the context of citizens of the Six Counties who, since Partition, have been cut off from the national political life of the nation. It is time now to build on the contribution made by the Constitutional Convention and for the Oireachtas to play its part.

Sinn Féin urges the Government to accept this Bill and to make time available for its transition through the Houses of the Oireachtas, thereby triggering a referendum on an issue of huge importance for the Irish people across this island and overseas.

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