Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The process is under way, as I have said. The question of whether these matters should be dealt with constitutionally or legislatively was referred to the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children, which is chaired by Deputy O'Rourke. The legislative route has been taken and progress has been made. All I can do is reiterate what has been said about this legislation on a number of occasions in the past week, both inside and outside the House.

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