Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That definitely needs to be clarified because I could see a massive choking up of the business of the House as a result of that. The Minister of State should clarify that matter, as well as telling us where that model came from.

There are dangers in having a unicameral parliament. It would be dangerous for the Irish people to proceed to abolish the Seanad without first ratifying definite proposals in the Dáil. It would be as easy for us to put through a Bill to reform the Dáil in advance of the Seanad's abolition. The Government should be doing that in order to demonstrate its good faith on this issue.

For example, our Constitution allows the Irish people to only have a general election every seven years. Therefore, a general election need not happen for seven years.