Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have this awful feeling that we have got off on the wrong foot on dealing with this legislation which has been sought for 30 years. It is a difficult item of legislation to understand. I have been looking at it for two years and the officials have been working on it for even longer. I hope that we are not going to get off on the wrong foot and that this will head towards us doing something for people, including ourselves.

I would point out to Senator Norris that people under the age of 17 cannot appoint an attorney. They have not reached the age of maturity. The Senator probably gathered that. Neither can they be a witness.