Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)

I second the Amendment. We discussed this issue at length on Committee Stage. The Minister of State indicated he would look at the language. As Senator Bacik says, it is not about the meaning but about using kinder language. Instead of using the word "refuses", we can use "does not" instead. Words such as the former could cast the mother in a very poor light and we do not know the circumstances, which may be harrowing for a mother, that would make it difficult for her to co-operate. I ask the Minister of State to look again at the language in this part of the Bill while retaining the thrust of the meaning.