Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It was quite a radical thing to do when states were taking power in. My point is that there are two frameworks. There is a constitutional framework, under a written Constitution, that will always be subject to judicial interpretation, but there is also the legal framework, which the Oireachtas passes, on succession, taxation and social protection.

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