John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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I kind of feel picked on now so I will just clarify where I am coming from. We have very limited time here and the slippery slope encapsulates a much broader and more complex argument.

One of the things I noted in the Canadian evidence is that Canada is in a different space culturally from Ireland. We may be in that space in 20 or 30 years. The "slippery slope" is a loose but legitimate phrase. As a legislator, it certainly is something I would like to avoid in the consideration of legislation on this issue. If we legislate for one thing, I do not want it to become something else in five or ten years.