Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I note with concern, however, that a commentator remarked in the newspapers last week how few prominent women were coming out on the "Yes" side. This is yet another indictment of the very poor pro-treaty campaign being run by the Government. The strongest arguments in favour of the "Yes" position have come from the Opposition. The Government needs to be doing much more in the last few days of the campaign, in particular, putting women forward to argue for the "Yes" side, because they comprise a large group of undecided voters at this point.

Senator de Búrca commented on the odds in favour of the "No" side. I notice one punter placed a bet of €10,000 on the "No" side to win, so let us just hope he or she got it wrong.