Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

If Deputy Joe Higgins had read the statement issued by the Chief Whip accompanying the Government's legislative programme yesterday, he would have seen that the Government had decided to legislate on the issue. Following the very successful, reasoned and dignified hearings which took place recently, the Minister for Health and the Attorney General will proceed to prepare the legislation. I compliment Deputy Jerry Buttimer and his committee on the way in which the hearings were conducted last week. Legislation is being prepared as a matter of priority.

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