A Senator on the No side vote of the Marriage Referendum debate says agencies who receive State funding are being pressured into supporting a Yes vote.

Senator Jim Walsh says he has heard of cases where representatives of certain bodies are being called upon to endorse a same-sex marriage.

The now Independent senator resigned from Fianna Fail after he disagreed with the party whip system, which called for members to campaign for a Yes vote.

Jim Walsh, says the Government is interfering in democracy by trying to influence certain organisations' stance on the Marriage Referendum: