Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What does one call the doctor who comes last? Doctor.

In this context, I see a sense to the order of keeping everything in the proposed new subsections starting with "1" and grouping those together. We are balancing four documents. I have the sections of the Children Act, the amendments and the Bill as published. In the incoherence of so many documents, it can look a little disordered. However, it will be clearer when the new section 252 is published. I agree with the original provision of subsection 1 and then subsections (1A), (1B) and (1C) being the amendments that qualify that. To me, it makes sense to have all the subsection starting with "1" together and then to move on to the qualification of them in subsections (2) to (5). It is semantics but to me it makes sense. I would not call myself hugely accomplished but I reckon our journalist colleagues would be well able to follow that and see that it is a provision that is merely a qualification and an alternative to the original provision of subsection (1). I would concur with the Minister’s view.