Katherine Zappone (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is not a matter of personal preference. It is because, in terms of the arguments, I am still not adequately convinced that we absolutely require to keep it from a legal and technical perspective.

Having said that, I fully accept and agree that it is no mean achievement what the Government is putting forward here today. We have some amendments with which we hope to improve that and maybe the Minister of State might consider some of those, and I acknowledge that extraordinary contribution that the Minister of State is making, especially supported by Senator Bacik and others.