A shouting match broke out in the Dáil this afternoon when a number of TDs criticised the recruitment of people to the Citizens’ Assembly.
The Citizens’ Assembly confirmed yesterday that seven of the 99 citizens present at a meeting on 13 and 14 January had been recruited improperly by Red C Research and Marketing.
In statements from both the Citizens’ Assembly and Red C, the fault was placed on one specific Red C recruiter.
Postpone the referendum
Speaking on the issue today, Fianna Fáil’s Eamon Scanlon called for the referendum on the Eighth Amendment to be postponed over the issue.
“The most sensible and democratic thing to do would be to select two [people] from every county and weight the rest after that,” he said, adding that having seven people appointed to the assembly in “an unapproved manner” was not acceptable.
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