Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I move amendment No. 39:

In page 63, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following:

"(2) Documents subject to legal professional privilege shall not be liable to production under this section.".

When I put this to the Minister of State on Committee Stage, he undertook to consider it further for Report Stage. Subsequent to that, he sent me a briefing note, which, I must confess, is rather convincing. On that basis, I will withdraw the amendment.

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