Curiously enough, on this day when we are having a very welcome apology from the Government, I must raise a situation which is as yet unresolved. I ask the Leader to ask the appropriate Minister why the sections of Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 have not yet been enacted after three years. These are provisions which will allow same-sex parents to adopt what are essentially their own children. Without this, if the non-birth parent is bereaved, the child has no parental relationship at all and no consent can be given for hospitals. It is a very practical measure. I have received quite a large amount of correspondence. Without striking a discordant note, I ask the Leader to raise this as a matter of urgency with the Minister.

I note the upcoming motion. I do not want to pre-empt it, but it is great we are accepting and realising the suffering of a great number of people because of their sexual orientation. I commend Senator Nash on his motion. I note an amendment to it has been tabled and, like Senator Bacik, I would prefer if we could get consensus on this because it is too important to be messing around with it.

Exactly.

I am very proud as a Fianna Fáil member that it was a party colleague of mine, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, who steered through the legislation, notwithstanding the wonderful work of Senator Norris and others who fought a lone fight for a long time.

She was vital.