Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 April 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Business of Joint Committee
No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion

Photo of Gerry HorkanGerry Horkan (Fianna Fail)
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The Office of the Parliamentary Legal Adviser, OPLA, has given a different opinion. It has said that retrospection does not apply currently but if it did apply, it would have a different opinion of the Bill. When it was forming its opinion on the legislation as currently proposed, the Department took the view that retrospection would apply. Is that correct?