Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

-----and given what might happen later this year, I believe the House should look for the repeal of the Act of Settlement 1701. The island has suffered much due to sectarianism. I call upon the Leader to convey to those in authority that we should move towards having a referendum on the various European court decisions and the recent Supreme Court decisions. It is untenable that the leader of the Fine Gael Party and the leader of the Labour Party would both want to deny the public a referendum as they proceed to legislation for abortion that will effectively be on demand.