Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

It should have been fully published two weeks ago to inform and focus the debate that has been raging in this country in that time. With regard to the timescale for introduction of the legislation, I listened to what the Taoiseach said about the Joint Committee on Health and Children and the expeditious nature of its hearings. What is the subsequent timeline for the introduction of legislation? It was suggested today by a distinguished commentator that legislation would not be finalised before the second half of next year. Is that also suggested by the Government or can the Taoiseach give us a definitive timescale?

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