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Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: If the matter is to be put to the people along with a presidential election — about which there is a great doubt as there is no indication yet of any opposing candidate — there is the potential to skew the debate in a most unfair fashion, with the incumbent constrained by office to maintain a proper reserve on matters of political controversy while her opponents would be as free to shout...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, the sensible——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: I made no comment on the behaviour of the President.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I did not refer to the behaviour of the President.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: I did not.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: What I said a Leas-Cheann Comhairle——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: Will Deputy Michael D. Higgins just keep quiet for a second?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: What I said, and if the Deputies would listen——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: I said as the House knows——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: What I said was that it is a not a good idea to combine a controversial referendum with a presidential election because——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: ——the incumbent in certain elections——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy is behaving disgracefully.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: Deputy Michael D. Higgins knows well that I——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: Deputy Michael D. Higgins is behaving disgracefully.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: The Government's proposals will result in a fair and sensible citizenship law.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: It will be a law that will acknowledge the role that non-nationals established here play in society by ensuring that their children born here have the entitlement to be Irish citizens.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: We do not care what skin colour the parents have or with what accents they speak. We do not care if they dress in bright or muted colours. Accordingly, their children will be part of the Irish nation by operation of law.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: Our law will no longer act as an incentive for people to put their lives at risk by travelling late in pregnancy, seeking to give their child what they perceive to be an advantage.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: I made no remarks on the presidency.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: There is nothing to withdraw.