Professor Nóirín Hayes:

Which one of us is the Senator addressing? I do not think it is a matter of tweaking anything. Rather, considerable work needs to be done to address the reality of the contemporary AHR in Ireland. Some of the issues that have been raised are critical issues that need to be considered, and this is the opportunity to consider them. It is beyond tweaking. There is a power issue that must be taken into account, and the child is the central element that we need to consider. Historically, that has not been the case, for which there are many reasons, but we have an opportunity now. There are issues of language and directionality of points, and commitments that are long term rather than short term.