Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

I welcome the Minister and the Bill. I profoundly disagree with one of the points put forward by my colleague, Senator Healy Eames. There is absolutely no way I would accept citizens of this democratic Republic being either trained or programmed. We must respect the individuality of our citizens. They are intelligent and have their own ways of behaving and thinking. I fully accept the fact that people will be selected at random but I respect the individual intelligence of every citizen. I do not know what will be the terms of reference but I look forward to examining them when they are published.

Individual citizens should have the choice to opt out if they do not want to participate. I do not know for how long these people will be incarcerated.