Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
3:30 pm
Tom Clonan (Independent)
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Okay, but this is a semiotic issue now because I asked the Minister whether he got any advice from the Office of the Attorney General and he said that de facto, in practice, the legal advisers in Departments are seconded from and really speak for the Office of the Attorney General. That being the case, I take it the Minister got advice from the Office of the Attorney General. It is either a "Yes" or "No" answer. He did or he did not, and if he did-----