Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

I am grateful to Senator Tuffy and if the argument is made again in the Dáil, I will summon her in aid on this matter.

Senator Walsh suggested we should change the title to clarify the meaning of each term. That is tempting on one level, but there is a volume of existing case law, law books, legal dictionaries etc., all of which deal with joint tenancy. If we came up with different labels, even if they had the advantage of being more explicit to the lay person, it would probably make the law much more difficult for lawyers. We will leave it as it is.