Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for attending. In particular, I thank Mr. Byrne and I am sure it was difficult to go through those facts again. I also thank Professor Mee and Ms Doyle for their testimony. It is very difficult because, in the abstract, the person in the street would see it as a benefit to the killer to take full possession of the property or, in practice, his or her share of the property.

From what Professor Mee has said, it is my sense that under the joint tenancies law as it operates, the killer's 50% share after the point of severance is effectively constitutionally inviolable.