Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)

We waited long enough to have this debate and I am delighted that finally Senator Morrissey, with the support of at least some of his colleagues, decided to introduce this Bill to debate this matter.

People who are viewing this debate will not be fooled by this political charade that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and his colleagues in Cabinet have been involved in for the past 18 months or so. They realise that the leader of my party, Deputy Kenny, raised this issue in the face of great opposition from the Minister and his colleagues in Government.