Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Senator Terry referred to the finding of the European Court of Justice. I do not know if it is a matter for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment or the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, because the latter has responsibility for equality, but we will try to cut through this and find out. I agree with Senator Terry and Senator White on the matter and it is amazing that it still takes women to address the issue publicly.

Senator Lydon called for a debate on migration and stated that only 550 Bulgarians wish to come here, despite all our fears of being swamped. He stated, in a very robust way, that we should attack the civil partnership legislation ourselves rather than wait until the European Court of Justice makes a ruling.

Senator Norris wants plain common sense to apply to rulings such as those that come from Europe. If I may say so, he did not make his case very well.