Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The old rule of reading law, which also applies to issues like this, is that one must apply logic and it must be read in context. Clearly, some bodies will be set up to serve the State in perpetuity and it is not intended that they would have a sunset clause. Most people would apply that logic to the policy statement that was issued at that time.

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