Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Okay. The key issue is the Parliament has made an error. As my colleague, Deputy Murphy, said, if things like this had been put in it might have been spotted earlier. There are reason we use these devices to put them in. I do not get the idea that it will add work for civil servants if the legislation is being drafted. People would be happy about it. If the Minister is willing to assure us he will make this an absolute priority when the Dáil reconvenes in September or October, because there are lives at stake in the sense that people's daily lives are being impacted in terms of passports, citizenship and not being able to travel or deal with many legal and practical issues, we may be willing to consider withdrawing the amendment.

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