Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have no doubt that I will get the same co-operation in the Seanad as I got in the Dáil, and maybe even more. I am not holding back on commencing this legislation. As soon as it is passed by the Seanad, it will be commenced.

The Deputy's amendment would diminish my ministerial rights and responsibilities towards the vulnerable people whom he mentioned. I do not believe that any of them are vulnerable, though, and certainly not the ones I have met in recent months.