Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Bill is due to move to Committee Stage in two weeks and the legislation on decision making will be addressed in the next session. As the Deputy will acknowledge, the Government controls neither this House nor the Upper House, so it is no longer possible for us to give assurances on how long it will take legislation to pass through the Houses. There is an effective filibuster in this House by Rural Independents on the abortion Bill and a filibuster in the Seanad by urbane Independents on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill. Those filibusters are slowing the passage of all legislation and making it very difficult for us to do the job the people elected us to do.

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