Dáil debates
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage
8:00 am
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
It is seriously flawed but I am not making that point. I am not nit-picking. I am suggesting there are serious strategic errors in the Bill and its orientation, if I may use that phrase with regard to it. Let us all sit down and spend the time needed to get this right. There is no rush to get it right before the election. It is far better to put in place a decent law, even if it takes six months and even if, after the general election, the Dáil has to put it back on the Order Paper and get on with the matter. It is far better to do that than to pretend a badly drafted piece of work is the answer to all our questions.
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