Michael McCarthy (Labour)

I concur with Senator Brian Hayes. The Minister's response is inappropriate to say the least. It is a sad day not alone for this House but for democracy in general if the Minister persists with this course of action as she quite evidently plans to. There were many valid calls for a system of guardianship registration to be introduced and this is a retrograde step. The Minister has been congratulated quite rightly for introducing this legislation. I am of the view that there are situations and there have been opportunities which could have been taken up by the Minister to improve this legislation and to create better law and a better system of registration overall.