John Gilroy (Labour) | Oireachtas source

If Senators wish to play to the gallery with flowery words and funny phrases they can do so, but if we want to do our job as legislators then let us do so by speaking to the amendment as drafted. I suggest that the proposer of the amendment go away and redraft it in a way that, perhaps, Labour Party Senators, who have supported the idea of a referendum, might well be able to support. In doing so, he might also equip the Minister with the ammunition to make his case at Cabinet.