Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The case of Zalewski v. Adjudication Officer was decided on 12 July 2021, which was five months previously. In its opening statement, the Department said that the general scheme could be amended and that there could be a divergence between the published Bill, which is before us here, and the general scheme because of this particular adjudication. Why was the Bill brought to the Cabinet prior to looking at the implication of this particular Supreme Court case? We are considering here something that may actually change when the actual legislation itself is published.