Enda Kenny was commenting ahead of the publication tomorrow of the report from the expert group set up to advise the government on abortion.
Meanwhile the Health Minister says he won't be rushed into decisions in the wake of the Savita Halappanavar case.
Her widower Praveen's solicitor says he expects a response from James Reilly by Thursday on requests made about a public inquiry.
But Minister Reilly says he must let the two inquiries underway take their course.
Fresh revelations at the weekend have left James Reilly in hot water again over primary care centres.
It emerged a meeting to finalise the list of priority centres took place and that in the hours after that, before the list was published he added Swords and Balbriggan in his Dublin north constituency.
That's led to Opposition calls for him to resign. Fianna Fáil wants another motion of no confidence in him, but Dáil rules prevent it before next Spring.
And Sinn Féin says if the Minister doesn't go he should be sacked.
The Taoiseach, speaking to reporters in Cardiff at a British Irish Council meeting gave his full backing to his embattled Minister.
And James Reilly himself is adamant that he stands over what he did and if he had to do it all again, he wouldn't change a thing.
The Garda Ombudsman Commission is appealing for information on a man who died after being held in Garda custody in Cork early this morning.
44 year old James Martin Walsh fell ill shortly after his arrest in Midleton at 6.30 this morning.
He was rushed to Cork University Hospital but was pronounced dead.
The Garda Ombudsman Commission are investigating his death and are looking for information on Mr. Walsh's whereabouts from 6pm last night until 6 o'clock this morning.
Anyone with information is asked to call 1890 600 800.
Brian Meehan must wait to learn if he can proceed with his case to have his conviction for the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin declared a miscarriage of justice.
The 47 year old from Crumlin, Dublin is the only person serving a life sentence for the fatal shooting of the Sunday Independent reporter.
The Court of Criminal Appeal has deferred a ruling on a bid by the Director of Public Prosecutions to strike out the proceedings on grounds there are no new or "newly discovered" facts that would justify the case going ahead.
An application to wind-up Dunnes Stores will be heard in the Commercial Court next month.
The petition is being brought by the insolvent construction company Holtglen Ltd over the retail giant's alleged failure to honour a €21 million debt.
Dunnes, which was in line to be the anchor tenant at the Ferrybank shopping centre, says it's unwilling to discharge what's owed over concerns about planning issues, Nama and the viability of the centre.
However, Holtglen has successfully applied to have its case fast tracked to the commercial list for hearing on December 14th.