Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

I wish the Senator had done so. The Minister proposes to remove the word "granted". I am more in tune with the arguments made by the Leader of the House and Senator Tuffy. We are trying to be good Europeans but Senator Leyden sounded like he almost regretted that we had passed the Nice treaty. However, I must be generous. I am sure that, as the Leader of the House said, the Senator means well. She would be a better judge of him than me. Perhaps they will reconcile their differences satisfactorily over dinner later.

I welcome the section because it remedies the current legal defect.