Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Whips should be able to facilitate such a debate at the appropriate time.

The heads of the Bill on the Children First guidelines were cleared in July. A great deal of work has been done on the legislation, which I expect to be published either close to the end of this year or early next year. It was intended to do so before the end of the year but we may not realise that objective.

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