Jillian van Turnhout (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the Minister of State's reply and her suggestion that the matter be included within a code of practice.I am conscious this legislation is historic and we are jumping forward. My amendment proposes a framework for these hard cases because without it, there will no framework. I appreciate what has been said about safeguards, so I will withdraw my amendment. I will table it on Report Stage and maybe address some of the issues raised. We need a framework to deal with these hard cases, so that we do not have the situation Senator Colm Burke suggested. In the absence of a framework, who will make the interpretation? Where is the guidance for that interpretation? Perhaps it is within a code of practice. I need to consider how best that can be done.