Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

There are European Court of Justice rulings which, as everyone in the House is aware, apply here as they do in any other member state. Much of the language of the Bill reflects directly what is in European directives and, for that reason, benefits from the effects of European Court of Justice cases. If the Bill were written differently, it would not have that benefit. If it were written in the manner proposed by Deputy Hogan's long amendment, which seems to present the language of the section in more passive terms, that would have the effect of undermining the——

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