Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

I thank the Senator. It genuinely is a scata bullán. Monsignor O'Fiannachta officially translated the term as "a herd of bullocks", but one might interpret it otherwise.

There is no even-handedness in the approach taken in this section. In the absence of such even-handedness across the State services, I strongly object to the section and look forward to the Minister of State's response.