Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

The Joint Committee on Health and Children recommended when that referendum takes place, that because it brings about a fundamental change in the adoption area, we should, as we have done in this case, publish an implementation Bill so people are clear how it will work. Unfortunately, in the short time we have had in Government and in the context of the major issues we have had to address with great speed, it was not possible to finalise the wording for that referendum and publish an adoption Bill.

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