Ms Pauline O'Reilly:

Any of us would say that we would like it to be "shall" rather than "endeavour". I would see it, much as the National Women's Council said, as a proper debate with a deliberative process which would involve civil society groups and not be something on the airwaves. I do not want to go down that route. I have worked outside and inside the home and do not want this to become a media frenzy. We have to look at all of those issues and it should be a deliberative process. I think there should be hearings by the Citizens' Assembly to work out the wording rather than us working it out here this morning.