Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The more I hear about the citizens' assembly, the more I do not get the point of it because the Taoiseach has confirmed that, ultimately, everything has to be dealt with in here and that there is no obligation on the Members of the House to accept whatever emanates from a citizens' assembly. I put it to the Taoiseach that surely it would make far greater sense to establish a cross-party Oireachtas committee to deal with the issue because, ultimately, as I said earlier, regardless of whatever one's view is or whatever emanates from this, a proposition will have put to the people if that is what people want to do.

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