Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----that the Government is talking about legislating to give effect to the Constitution by asking the people to abolish the Seanad, without first giving effect to the will of the people as expressed in the 1979 referendum, when they voted to broaden the franchise in elections to the Seanad and on the university panel. Legislation was never brought forward to give effect to the will of the people, as expressed. Here the Government is going to the end of the process without ever giving the Seanad a chance to function well-----