Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Whatever the case, and I am not a conspiracy theorist, I do not believe this is what people want. I do not believe it is what the Minister wants. I will be bringing forward amendments on Committee Stage. I hope that Committee and Reports Stages will not be run on the same day of the week so that we get time to discuss this in sufficient depth in order to tease out the issues. The Government needs to remedy the situation by providing for different possible declarations to be made in the case of religious solemnisers. At the very least, if the Minister introduces a saving clause providing that nothing in the new Bill shall invalidate forms of ceremony currently in use, we can get out of the problem. However, the problem is certainly there in the Bill as currently drafted.