Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am giving the rationale for opposing the order as proposed, as I am entitled to do. It is also important to correct the record of the House regarding the former Attorney General, John Murray. He was appointed in 1992, three years before the 1995 Act was implemented. When I say this is the first time in nearly a quarter of a century that an Attorney General has been appointed in this manner, the Taoiseach knows quite well that I am referring to the period since the 1995 Act.

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