Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are concerns about the section being constitutionally tested. I sure that, as day follows night, it will be. I understand that the error is one of administration rather than one involving the introduction of new legislation. Since it is so serious, it is important that we test this. When the time comes, I will press this to a vote. Not doing so would leave me, Senator Byrne and others, and even Senator Colm Burke on the other side of the House, red-faced in four, five or 12 months if the legislation were challenged and overturned on a point of law in the Supreme Court. It would be asked whether we were doing our job in opposition. The least we can do is push this to a vote.