Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I have said previously, we need to read carefully the Oireachtas committee's report. I would say I have read it a dozen times since it was published and as many other are trying to do, I am forming a view and also trying to understand how the Government can act responsibly in terms of bringing forward those recommendations, but it has not made any firm decisions yet. We will have a meeting next Monday solely focused on this issue. The Attorney General is actively looking at legal implications of the recommendations of the committee. While I accept that the committee got its own legal advice, with respect, the Government has to get its legal advice too. When it makes decisions and recommendations in the build up to a referendum we need to make sure that our legal advice is complete. We will make decisions shortly on these issues but I take note of what the Deputy said.

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