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

In the past few moments, the Minister for Health's office has confirmed that Committee Stage of the Bill will be taken next week. This will allow us to make progress. There are some changes the Minister wants to make. Some of them follow on from the examination Dr. Scally did on this matter and the civil liability amendment situation and some input from members of the 221+ support group. The plan is for it to move to Committee Stage next week. It is not entirely within the control of the Government as to how long the process in that regard takes. However, the Bill has been delayed a bit too long. We should all endeavour to get the legislation enacted no later than the end of this year.

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