Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I really think this drift needs to be arrested and many are speaking about it. We have seen the guillotine used in this and the Lower House. There was a major row in the Dáil yesterday because the debate on legislation was being guillotined, thereby preventing democratically elected Deputies from having an opportunity to have their voices heard. When we get into the real debate on the proposal to hold a referendum on this issue, I hope people will be persuaded that the security of the State should be a pivotal consideration in the decisions they will have to make.