Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I know, from speaking to the chief medical officer and the Secretary General, that serious attention is being paid to what is happening here. The proceedings are being monitored and will be considered carefully.

Senator Healy Eames asked us to take on board key learnings and best medical practice. I say again, at the risk of repetition, that everything that has been said here will be considered. I must say, however, that the Government will introduce this legislation to the Houses. The Government will do that. The Government will introduce this legislation and it will certainly be based, in large part, on what has been before this committee in recent days, namely, the heads of the Bill. There is always scope for addressing technical questions, amendments arising from technical issues that have been raised, drafting issues that have been raised and so forth. Sometimes unintended consequences emerge in the course of debates and these issues can be addressed too. That is why these deliberations were so useful because they will help us to improve the Bill as we go forward, but a Bill there will be. A Bill there will be, I must say that.