Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

That would be greatly welcome because it is an immense problem for lay people, lawyers and legislators. As with so much else, work has already been done on this. Just today the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform announced a review of the Statute Book in terms of overhauling. The criminal law codification project took place in UCD for a number of years and it did quite a bit of work on how to codify, so that would be of help. We would be delighted with anything that does away with civil law (miscellaneous provisions) Acts and criminal law (miscellaneous provisions) Acts that make piecemeal amendments every year.