Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

The position I outlined does not arise from any particular preference in the Department or, indeed, on the part of the Minister. The legal advice was that this was the appropriate way to set them down. We looked again at them because I understood the import of what Deputy Howlin stated on Committee Stage and again on Report Stage. Frankly, I thought the logic of what he stated was strong but the legal advice is that this is the better way to format it.

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