Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

This is my final contribution on this matter. It is for simple reading in the Schedule. The repeal of the 1973 Act effected by subsection (2) is without prejudice to the State's obligations adopted by the convention, the text of which is set out in the 1973 Act. Simpliciter, where will one find the text once the 1973 Act has been repealed? That is the simple issue. I am not talking about force of law. The law is being reinstated in this Act, but for ease of reading, I suggest the Schedule to the 1973 Act, which we are repealing and which will no longer be law, should be restated for simple reading so the State's obligations are self-evident. I have made my case as well as possible.

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