Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I also wonder why he did not approach it in a different way. The problem which has given rise to the legislation was, as the Minister said, that the Supreme Court stated a "technical glitch" had arisen in the Ministers and Secretaries Acts which found that the transfer order was invalid. If there is a "technical glitch" in legislation the quickest way to deal with that is to bring in primary legislation which corrects it and allows for the order made under the original legislation to stand.

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