Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 4, line 17 after “cited” to insert “as Acht Leithghabhála 2023 or, in the English language,”.

Each year I raise different things about the Appropriation Bill. I am sorry to tell the Minister that this one is even more left field. Everybody will remember being in school. I only just spotted that the Title to the Bill is "An Bille Leithreasa". Every year we vote to stick the moneys down the toilet. Going back to 1923 it says, Mar a luadh i dteideal na hAchta Leithreasa, 1923:

Acht chun suim as an bprímh-chiste do chur chun seirbhíse na bliana dar críoch an t-aonú lá déag ar fhichid de Mhárta, míle naoi gcéad a ceathair fichead, agus chun an soláthair eile a deonadh sa tsiosón so den Oireachtas do chur i leithreas.

It is just odd. We should use the term, which is not totally accurate but is one the public will understand, "An Acht Leithghabhála" rather than the toilet. We would not use the word "toilet" in English. I am as guilty as everybody else in not noticing this because I have always concentrated on another issue which we will return to in a few minutes. It is one of those little anomalies and perhaps the Minister can look at it. I do not think there is any difference other than there has been a tradition since 1923 to use that term. It is not a term I have ever used in terms of appropriation and it is not the only term available to use.

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