Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

Question No. 2 asks: "if the Government has directed an audit of the Statute Book in order to ascertain the number of enactments vulnerable to challenge on the grounds set out in the judgments of the courts in cases (details supplied)". Many issues arise from that question, including the discretion of the President in referring legislation to the Supreme Court before it is signed. Something should be put in place to ensure that the Judiciary does not make the laws of the country.

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