Katherine Zappone (Independent)

I echo most of what Senator Power said. I thank the Minister of State for being here on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality. I find it difficult to welcome the fact that the consultation paper will be ready in the matter of a couple of weeks, as I got that same statement on 20 December from the Minister. So we wait and so the enslaved women wait. I would like the Minister of State to convey back to the Minister for Justice and Equality that I did not hear any different words or arguments being put forward today than those provided by the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, on behalf of the Minister when she was responding to our independent motion in October 2011. The same arguments were given to us then. I am not getting a sense that there is any sense or urgency from the Minister or from the Government on this at the moment.