Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the Minister's comments. He stated that under section 8 (11) each Minister of the Government shall, in accordance with the code of practice made under section 48, ensure that the relevant measures are put in place to deal with the code of practice. Unfortunately, and I will not unnecessarily labour the point, while section 8 speaks of "shall", section 48, when it deals with code of practice, states "The Minister may draw up". The Minister has answered it in a way. It was not as tight as that, but I accept his good faith on it. At this stage, I am getting tired of saying that.

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