Seán Ryan (Dublin North, Labour)

One hears a great deal about what various people did and did not know. The Tánaiste said earlier:

Most unfortunately, the Government's decisions on the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004 were based on inaccurate and incomplete information. The Attorney General's advice in advance of that decision was based in part on poor, inaccurate and incomplete information.

The Tánaiste knew there was a major problem when she was preparing the Bill.

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