Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

There is established precedent in other legislation for the High Court to be given the discretion to allow, or not to allow, an appeal to the Supreme Court on a point of law. That discretion is there to ensure that the limited resources of the Supreme Court are not taken up by groundless appeals. I am reluctant to interfere with or restrict that discretion, particularly in light of the practice that has been established in other legislation, such as section 88(9) of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, section 32 of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 and section 38 of the Aviation Regulation Act 2001. For the reasons I have outlined, I invite the Deputy to withdraw her amendment.

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