Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

To clarify, I said that Part 3 of the Bill concerns placement for adoption. The statutory authorities, the Adoption Authority and the HSE have the right, under section 12, to visit the home of the child or the guardian for the purpose of placement. It is solely that issue. It would not be appropriate for any other body to have a right to enter or visit the home created on a statutory basis. That is my opinion and it is why I am resisting this amendment. The concerns the Senator raised about the assessment process are dealt with later in the Bill. If I did so, I did not mean to say that legal advice was specifically sought on this issue. It was not.