Ivana Bacik (Independent)

On a point of order, I raised two constitutional concerns about a provision and I am entitled to raise them on the record. I am also entitled to have the Minister of State answer them. I did not engage in any criticism of the drafters but simply raised these points. In the spirit of fairness, it is appropriate in the Seanad that we raise points such as this. I do not intend to have a debate about the merits of religion and so on, although I am delighted we had the debate on humanism etc. on Committee Stage and again on Report Stage. That was a different debate. The issues I raised are very specific to this amendment.