Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Does the Taoiseach agree that the timing of this will be very important? He said May or June but for young people, who will most affected by the outcome of the referendum, May would be the optimal time as it was in the marriage equality referendum, rather than a time when students are on the move.

We await what comes out of the Dáil committee, of which I am a member. I have heard some people on the committee say it is not their job to deal with this or that but to find something that will be passed, to rustle up something which we think will get passed. The Citizens' Assembly handed the ball over to the Dáil. Is the Dáil committee going to take up the ball and run with it or kick it to touch? Are we going to have another committee to look into this committee? The way things are going, that could emerge. For the people campaigning and yearning for social change, it is very important they can let the members of this committee know that they must get with where public opinion is at and to catch up with it.

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