Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It was never intended that it would be introduced overnight. It is something that requires careful consideration, which is why there will be a White Paper. The White Paper will be published when it is ready. I do not expect that this will be very far into the future. Deputy Kelleher will then have an opportunity to condemn and criticise it, as inevitably he will do.

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