Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

What we will judge him on is how well he transmits that to the Cabinet between now and the relevant day.

We are dealing with section 1. I am of the few that this section must be considered in conjunction with Schedule 1, which states:

1 1° Seanad Éireann shall stand abolished on the day and at the time ("the abolition day") specified in the following subsections of this section.
2° The day referred to in subsection 1° hereof is the day immediately preceding the one on which Dáil Éireann first meets after the general election for members of Dáil Éireann that next takes place after the enactment of this Article.
3° The time on the day referred to in subsection 1° hereof is midnight.
2 Notwithstanding Article 18.8 hereof, no general election for Seanad Éireann shall take place after the dissolution of Dáil Éireann that next occurs after the enactment of this Article.
3 This Article shall be omitted from every official text of this Constitution published after the abolition day

In order, therefore, to accurately assess what will be the abolition day, one may arguably be required to accurately assess when the next general election might take place. In order to do this, one might also be required to assess the performance of the current Administration in the context of the projections and outcomes relating to the manifestos of the two parties in the coalition and to the programme for Government. At this point I do not have copies of those manifestos-----