Margaret Cox (Fianna Fail)

I accept the Senator's point, but if the change resulted in the wording, "A man who was not married to the mother of the child at the date of his or her birth," this would give rights or exemptions to any man. There is no presumption of relationship if the term is changed from "the father" to "a man". While I accept what the Senator is trying to achieve, this amendment does not achieve it.