Dáil debates
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Order of Business
12:00 pm
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
Outside of totalitarian regimes, I do not believe there has been a proposal to give powers like this to a Minister for Finance. We have received legal advice from a number of sources which agree that section 53 is more than likely unconstitutional, because it seeks to replace the law-making powers of the Oireachtas within the Constitution and transfer them to the Minister for Finance.
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