Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I believe the Citizens' Assembly has made a very valuable contribution. This has been a very divisive issue in Irish society. It has been very helpful for the Citizens' Assembly to have had an opportunity go through evidence and provide a report to the Oireachtas. The Oireachtas will have to make a decision on whether a proposal should be put to the people and, if so, what that proposal should be. That is why the work of the Oireachtas committee is so important. As the Taoiseach said yesterday, we have set a tight timescale to try to provide for a referendum before the students break for the summer. That is conditional on the Oireachtas committee being able to complete its work. The Taoiseach has urged those involved in that committee to approach their work constructively and to try to reach a consensus with the committee.

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