Seanad debates
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages
8:00 am
Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)
I hope it never will be. I understand it deals with a matter of statutory interpretation in which the Taoiseach would have no role, nor could he overrule a court in its interpretation as to who had a particular function. That is not what is envisaged. Even if it were to be exercised, it is not a judicial interpretation of law. It is a matter of which of the two Ministers has responsibility if there is a a dispute.
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