Derek McDowell (Labour)

I join other Members in welcoming the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Callely, to the House. I am opposed to this Bill for many of the reasons Senator Ross appears to support it. That will hardly come as a surprise to anybody, certainly not to Senator Ross. I will take a couple of minutes to refute some of the points the Senator made as I suspect the Minister will not take the trouble to do so.