Mary White (Fianna Fail)

I have spoken in a very respectful manner to Senator Mullen and I am sure the Senators who were not here when I was speaking did not hear how I complimented him on what he said earlier. I am entitled to say I do not agree with him introducing this amendment at this stage. We should go back to the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 and open up that whole debate. Let us have a national debate and a debate in both Houses of the Oireachtas, which is the right way to deal with this legislation.