Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

It is not a matter of principle but of degree. Public opinion research carried out by my Department tends to support the proposition that the majority of people do not want the law to be changed but want it to be made effective. Though it may sound slightly intellectually cowardly to rely on an opinion survey for one's guidance in such matters, that is where I am at present and that is where the people are too.

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