Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The purpose of amendment No. 7 is to get rid of language. I am not speaking for other people but, to varying degrees, a view has been expressed by the members that the language is not satisfactory. Is there a sense that the Minister is amenable to further discussions and potentially revisiting that language? The Minister can hear from the points made the difficulty we have with the language. Nobody wants to see the language of stigma and so on replicated but there is a view here that language is problematic. I am loath to withdraw amendment No. 7 unless I get some comfort that the language used will be revisited. The language used is not inclusive. I read the same correspondence the Minister read, but there is also correspondence that will counter that. We have to read all the correspondence and come to our own view. I have formed the view that the language as written is not satisfactory and not in keeping with the way to make the legislation more progressive and less stigmatising.

Will the Minister confirm that he is amenable to revisiting that language - this does not necessarily mean we will get agreement - between now and Report Stage?