Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My party will accept the Minister's proposals when they are fleshed out in detail. I welcome use of the word "compel" because I was slightly concerned about the language used earlier. When it is written down and the proposal on the Equal Status Act is also written down, we will certainly give them absolute consideration. I am prepared to take the Minister at face value today, but I will certainly wait until Report Stage to deal with the issues in question. The equal status issues and the baptism barrier ought to be dealt with in relatively short order because we just cannot keep talking about them. We need action on them. I certainly look forward to addressing the issue of special needs on Report Stage.