Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have engaged two external drafters for a number of Bills. I have a gender recognition Bill in that category. That is not the issue. It might take a week or two longer to get the permission through for this process but that is not the issue. I probably did not believe them in the beginning when they told how complicated it is but we need to get it right. This is something that people have been waiting for a long time for and the last thing one wants to do is to bring something forward that then has some other unintended consequence. We are very nearly there.