John Dardis (Progressive Democrats)

It would be inappropriate to confer this duty on the Attorney General. I do not dispute what Senator Higgins has said regarding the role of the Attorney General, but it would be going a step beyond that to give him an executive function and ask him to make decisions which could have direct political implications. From that perspective, he or she would not be the appropriate person to do this. I also subscribe to the argument put forward by the Minister of State that one either includes everything or one excludes everything. If one gets into the business of saying it should be A, B or C, there is a recipe for total confusion.