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

The Government intends to make enough time available to allow everyone to speak on this issue. That will start tomorrow. The debate on the legislation will then recommence on 20 March, when the Dáil is due to come back. My understanding was that the Dáil was not to come back until 21 March, but I hope we will be able to get the Business Committee's agreement to come back on the Tuesday, a day earlier, to focus on progressing this legislation. For the benefit of the House, the Government decided on a number of matters today. It decided to approve the text of the Bill, which will be published this evening and debated tomorrow. It has also authorised that the Bill come before the Dáil. As I said, it has approved the preparation of a draft general scheme of a Bill which I hope will follow a successful referendum outcome.

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