Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Lucey for the opening presentation and the briefing material. As the Chair said, it is very useful and has certainly educated me on the provisions of the Bill. It is worth noting that the Department's quick response to the decision of the Supreme Court is welcome. Along with many others, I welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court. It addressed a very important issue, but I must praise the Department for turning legislation like this around as quickly as it has done. I am sure we all agree with the desired outcome, even if we differ on how it is being gone about. The witnesses might explain two things to me. When Ms Lucey says that FLAC does "not see any objective justification for the introduction of legislation which distinguishes between the children of separated or divorced parents and children whose parents are married, in a civil partnership or cohabiting", is she saying that this legislation differentiates between the treatment of those two groups?