Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

The public wants to see us address what has arisen in a comprehensive fashion. The Government was briefed yesterday by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Attorney General on the legal situation. We discussed various options and the intention is to have legislation later this week. The Cabinet sub-committee will meet the Attorney General later today to deal with the issue and the intention is that the Dáil will sit on Wednesday to deal with the legislation.

If this was so obvious to everyone, why was it never raised in this House? Let us be real.

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