Rónán Mullen (Independent)

Speaking of fair play, it is important we do justice to people who cannot be present when we refer to them in the House. I am sure Senator Norris did not intend to mislead the House when he claimed last week that Professor Patricia Casey had been accused by Swedish researchers of making inappropriate use of their research and drawing inaccurate conclusions in her evidence in the Zappone-Gilligan case. The Swedish report in question did not exist at the time Professor Casey gave evidence. Not only that but the reference Professor Casey made to that Swedish research was to the effect of the importance of fathers in children's development. That is a not a proposition which any reasonable——