Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge the contribution from my friend and colleague, Senator McGreehan. I have never heard more powerful testimony and a more obvious reason for this Bill. Put simply, what she said is this is about creating a safe space for women and their partners in sometimes very difficult circumstances. Unfortunately, people are opposing this and saying they will not create a safe space or respect any distance. They will not respect any privacy or dignity. When women are in the kind of situation that Senators McGreehan and Clonan have talked about, the opponents of this Bill would say, "We want to be right up in their face, we do not care what they are going through-----