Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to speak in support of this group of amendments. The range of findings that will now be available to the ombudsman's office represents a positive development. Some of the issues are nuanced but I believe it is progressive. It is critical that we avoid any mismatch, as I indicated earlier in the course of this Bill, between the Government legislation and the Sinn Féin legislation. They have to mirror each other exactly. I am unsure which will be signed into law first. As I understand it, if the Sinn Féin legislation is signed into law first and subsequently the Government legislation becomes law, then Government Act revokes the Sinn Féin Act. The Minister of State might clarify that point. It is important that they mirror each other on the range of options now open to the office. That is my understanding of what is proposed and we support it.

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