Mary White (Fianna Fail)

I empathise with the Senators who have put forward this amendment. There is an anomaly there if a single person can adopt. I know a single lady who has adopted a baby from the Caribbean. If two people of the same sex are living together why can one not adopt the child of the other? I congratulate Senator Norris on his courage in speaking out alone. It was a lonely station. Some of the comments we hear in this Chamber about same sex relationships are not the general opinion of the Irish people. We are a very tolerant race.