Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The timing of any constitutional referendum is a matter for the Oireachtas to decide. There is no threat to the public supply of water. As we all know, Deputy Niall Collins has been progressing a Bill on holding a referendum on a constitutional change and we have been working on that through the joint Oireachtas committee system. I secured approval from the Cabinet yesterday to put potential wording for an amendment to the Deputy's Bill to the Attorney General's office. The Attorney General will now consider that to make sure that when we come to table the amendment on Committee Stage the wording is robust and will not have unintended consequences or capture parts of the system that are currently managed by private group water schemes.

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