Mr. Seán Marmion:

I wanted to say that the Attorney General has been used as a barrier, particularly if we look at the occupied territories Bill. It was passed in 2018 and then we had all the backwards and forwards on whether it was lawful. Senator Frances Black, who introduced it, got further legal advice to show that it was legal. When we had the ruling in July last year, the Government said that would allow it to pass the occupied territories Bill. In January of this year, the Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, said that virtually every section of the Bill would have to be amended. Regarding the Attorney General's advice, he said that was actually a political choice.