Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To be very clear, the reason I laughed was that I recalled the image last week, in the middle of a cervical cancer scandal, when we were trying to reassure women about their own health, a responsibility with which I, as Minister for Health, was charged, of a photo shoot outside Leinster House with a podium with my name on it asking where I was. I think it was very evident to pretty much every citizen in this country exactly where I was. I will debate. This has become a straw man argument. Debates will be decided not by the No campaign or the Yes campaign, certainly not by Senator Mullen or me, but by broadcasters. They have a number of debates scheduled, I believe, and I hope to be invited to participate in one. If I am invited to participate in one, I will be there. I think the Senator has known me long enough to know, whether he agrees or disagrees with my views on issues, that I do not shy away from articulating them, or indeed from having-----