Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

I accept Senator Tuffy's point. As she rightly said, the Interpretation Act states that "man" includes "woman" and vice versa. Nevertheless, the Parliamentary Counsel has advised us clearly that when we are legislating by reference to earlier legislation, if certain terminology appears in the earlier legislation the same terminology should be used in the interests of consistency. I understand that is the way it is done throughout the system. I cannot accept the amendment now but I will consider it between now and the debate in the Dáil.