Government chief whip Hildegarde Naughton said there were ‘legitimate concerns’ about the Bill and the changes were for ‘social cohesion’.

The Taoiseach said Justice Minister Helen McEntee had ‘worked intensively’ on the issue and would be bringing forward amendments shortly.

The Fianna Fail leader said there had been ‘significant debate’ on the bill.

Helen McEntee has said there has been a lot of ‘misinformation’ about the Bill.

Leo Varadkar said the party had ‘buckled’ in the face of an ‘online campaign of misinformation’ about the draft laws.

Helen McEntee is coming under pressure to scrap the legislation over concerns about its impact on freedom of speech.