Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Griffin has set a standard to which we should all adhere.

I apologise profusely to Deputy Mathews for my rather clumsy contribution to the debate. I will have to do much better next time. When dealing with matters of law, however, precision in language is important. We must, when framing law, be cognisant of the Constitution and Charter of Fundamental Human Rights of the European Union, neither of which is based on generalities or sermonising. Facts, case law and established fundamental rights are written into our constitutional framework, and I believed it necessary to place this on record. If the Deputy found that clumsy or irrelevant, I offer him my most humble apologies.

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