Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their answers to all the questions that have been asked. One of the things I am trying to get my head around is what may be the interaction between habitual residency and lawful residency as they are outlined in the general scheme of the Bill, and reckonable residency, which, as Mr. Murtagh said, is not referenced but obviously has a legal meaning. For those of us who are not lawyers or specialists in the area, perhaps somebody could in plain English describe what they understand to be the interaction between those three types of residency. This seems to be the nub of the challenge here. The interaction of reckonable residency with the other two seems to be the cause of some of the concern. If anybody is able to set that out for us in plain English, it might be helpful. These are questions we will also put to the representatives of the Department. Is anybody brave enough to go first on that question? If there is time, Mr. Allen may wish to come back in on the bit he did not get to finish during the first round, which would be great.