Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

As I say, when the drafting of this piece of legislation was requested by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, the priority was placed on the drafting of the maternity protection section. The section dealing with NDAs, in particular, was not regarded as ready for inclusion in the stamped draft and that is why it did not come through to the committee. That is also why we informed the committee of that prior to its last meeting.