Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The real meat of the Bill is in the Schedules. If one abolishes the House, one abolishes the references that exist to the House. Some of those are simply reference points. Others, one could argue, have some standing. I presume those issues will emerge in the course of the campaign.

The question was also asked why we would not put up for scrutiny by the people the new system we propose for Dáil Éireann. We have done that. The Government has put forward those proposals but one does not put them into the Constitution because they are internal procedures for the other House.