Alex White (Labour)

Earlier in the debate, reference was made to the ICCL, lawyers' letters and people being described as coming from Dublin 4, Dublin 6 or wherever. In addition, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform was upset about people playing the man rather than the ball. I thought we had moved on from that. Is it not possible to discuss the issues that arise rather than trying to personalise matters by referring to the places in which people live or the constituencies they represent? We are better than that.

On a separate point, the Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, was not giving evidence in the Dáil, he was one of the Government speakers commending the Bill to that House.