Damien English (Meath, Fine Gael)

While I accept that delays can occur, the wonderful Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform seems to be able to introduce Bills overnight when he wants to do so, which indicates that it can be done and certainly with a Bill as small as this, on which we all more or less agree. I will accept that the Minister of State will try to push changes as quickly as possible next time around. I believe such changes will be recommended as we have moved on considerably in the past four or five years and people realise how important parental leave is for both parents and how essential it is for children to have their parents available at certain times.

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