Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 53:

In page 168, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:

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These amendments insert a number of Acts into Schedule 2, the list of Acts to be repealed. These Acts were previously recorded by one or more of the leading source reference texts such as the Northern Ireland Chronological Tables, the HMSO Chronological Tables or Cullinan's, The Irish Statutes, as either already repealed or not applicable to Ireland. However, following recent further analysis of the purported repealing Acts, it has become apparent that these Acts apply to Ireland and have not been fully repealed and that some part, however minor or inoperative, remains in force. However, in each case, the residue is suitable for repeal, as it is obsolete. Attention should be drawn, in particular, to Poynings' Act 1495 which can now be fully repealed. It provided that all pre-1495 English statute law applied in general to Ireland. We are taking the opportunity to repeal the Act. I am glad to have the opportunity to commend the amendment to the House. The repeal of Poynings' Act will not mean the automatic repeal of any Act applied by that law that is part of the Statute Book currently. This is made clear in the saver clause of section 9(3) of this legislation.

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