Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have two technical questions for the Minister. Can I take it from his explanation of amendment No. 16 and its relationship to the definition in amendment No. 2 that the changing of the wording in amendment No. 16 is purely typographical as opposed to having substantive significance? In effect, the Act of 2020 is indeed the Health (Preservation and Protection and Other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020, as per section 2. I ask the Minister to confirm that.

With respect to amendments Nos. 29 and 30, I am assuming that the practice of significantly extending the Long Title or the preamble is to greater protect the State and the legislation from potential constitutional challenge because it makes the constitutional and policy basis of the measures much more explicit. Is that correct?

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