No. It is very clear that this is going to be the Senator's approach to a referendum about removing the reference to women's place being in the home and about trying to create a principle of non-discrimination. I can see where this is going. It is fine that the Senator chooses his forum, but I do not need his apologies and have never asked for them. I do not question his forum; I simply question his consistency.

I simply question his consistency. On this notion that men are laying claim to women's places, which I have heard time and again, I am a woman and have worked for women's issues on a range of different issues.

I have worked for women's protection across a range of issues, including gender violence and domestic violence. I have read into the records of the Dáil, Seanad and committees the names of every woman murdered since 1997 in different circumstances. Women's Aid-----

I assure the Senator that since the gender recognition change in 2015, neither I nor any woman with whom I am personally acquainted has raised the spectre or fact of men coming into women's places in order to attack them. My constituents have not raised it with me either. I assure the Senator that in any circumstances where a man actually wishes to attack a woman, he does not need to dress up as a woman to do that. Men are perfectly capable of doing it, as is evidenced by the number of women who have been killed in…

The Senator should not tell me about protecting women.

I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to address Dáil Éireann on this Bill, which was published on Monday, 18 September 2023. It is important to remind ourselves that Ireland is entirely supportive of the European Union and its financial institutions playing an important role in the resilience and recovery of Ukraine in line with successive European Council conclusions. In order to follow through with this stance, Ireland is seeking to contribute to instruments of financial su…

We are not talking in terms of figures and profits.

Yes.

Yes, that is fine. No problem.

I would like to address as many of the issues raised by Deputies as I can. I thank Sinn Féin for its support in managing the process of this Bill. I confirm my understanding that it is not legally retrospective as such, as Deputy Connolly said. The EU Council has agreed to give assistance. It allows the European Commission to raise the funds in time to dispense the funds in Ukraine. However, member states need to go through their own national processes in order to participate. In the meantime, we have not paid anyt…

I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)( a ) and 181(1).

I thank Deputy Durkan for raising this important issue. I convey the apologies of my colleague, the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, who cannot be here. I am grateful to have the opportunity to provide clarity on some of the issues raised. I must obviously clarify that the management of the courts, operational matters and logistical functions are the responsibility of the Judiciary and Courts Service. The conduct of individual cases is a matter for individual judges, who are independent in exercising their fun…

I will say, very carefully, that I understand this pressure and the issue well as a consequence of my work as a Deputy, but also due to some background work I have done. I would be very careful to describe it in terms of gender or a particular experience, so I will remove myself from that conversation and simply speak to the process. It is intolerable that voice of children is not accurately heard in any court process, when they have the constitutional right, which this House supported, to have their voice heard. I…

No, for the Topical Issue Debate.

I will stay.

Hear, hear.

No.

That is a big thing to say.

But that is the same thing.

In your opinion.