Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for his response. I am pleased to find that we do not spend all our time in this Chamber talking to a brick wall. I believe this is only the second time in my 11 years in this House that a principle such as this has been accepted. I accept the point made by the Minister, but Deputy Rabbitte has raised an important point. There seems to be an anomaly between the age threshold of 18 years in this legislation and that of 17 years in other legislation. I ask the Minister to review this in the context of the debate in the Seanad.

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