Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I totally get where the Deputy is coming from, but I asked the officials and drafting experts to consider the effect of this change and I am told that it is a universal approach in drafting legislation to put "and" or "or" only before the last item in a list.

Therefore, repetition throughout the section is unnecessary on the basis that the effect of the "or" is already present in the section. I have been told that to include it would be contrary to the drafting rules. For that reason and based on the expert advice of the drafters, I do not feel it is necessary, so I do not accept the amendment. I see what the Deputy is getting at, but I have been told by the drafting experts that it is not necessary.