The Minister has stated she has been advised that legally the distinction does not sit with the Employment Equality Act. I am not persuaded that is the case but can see how some might see it runs against the spirit of the Act. However, I am not at all convinced, from a legal perspective, that it could not have sat reasonably comfortably with it. I regret its passing. That is not the view of everybody in the Labour Party or the labour movement but the distinction was meaningful and should have been retained. I am sorry the Minister is getting rid of it.