Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I was waiting for an erudite explanation from the Minister of State of the legal correctness of the words he has proposed, as opposed to the words I have proposed. It is not good enough to explain it to the House on the basis that it is the opinion of the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel, as it is now known. I suppose "draftsman" is too pedestrian a term for such an eminent person.

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