Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

While I share Deputy Higgins's view that there must be appropriate legislation, in the context in the which we find ourselves, which is responding to the decision of the Supreme Court in a matter now declared unconstitutional, we will not be able to deal with all of the issues that arise in this area and this Bill will form part of work in progress, and other legislation may follow in due course.

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