Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We should really call this "speech time" rather than "Question Time". I have acknowledged that there is an issue here. I have sought to deal with it. Objectively, people will agree that my efforts have been fairly substantial in the context of the constraints within which I have had to operate. As the Deputy has acknowledged, it is not the convention to publish the views of the Attorney General. If one asks for advice from any lawyer in this regard, one will get the same advice. All one needs to do is read the case law. The McMahon judgment in the High Court was issued on foot of one of the cases that was tested. The pretence of doing something is always much better than actually grappling with the reality of having to find a way of doing things.

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