Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

No. The Senator may have heard it that way. I think I explained it very well when I said that this is a living, breathing piece of legislation and that people will have further understandings.

In terms of the review - I hope I will be here again in this particular role, because it is challenging - I would embrace the opportunity to review the legislation to see how it is operating, but it is a full review of the sections. New sections may have to be inserted in two years' time. That is what I said. I welcome the idea of a review in two years time. We will report in 12 months, but it will be a wide-ranging review.

I apologise to Senator Healy Eames for not responding to the point she made; I will do so now. She referred to Professor O'Flaherty's article. The principles were developed by a group of human rights activists in 2006. They were not an international treaty or otherwise binding on the State. They are not intended to be formally endorsed by states and are not being informally endorsed by Ireland. I believe the professor was the rapporteur of that group, and we need to put that article in context. I hope I have cleared up that element.

If ground-breaking legislation such as this is to be reviewed, I believe it should be reviewed in its entirety. Does that explain it clearly to the Senator?