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Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: I said that in my speech.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: The Senator was celebrating the e-voting decision.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: I did not do that.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: I did not do that.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: I did not do it.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: What I said is different.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: I did not make that argument.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: That is not so.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: The present statute law will continue.

Seanad: Request to Move Adjournment of the Seanad under Standing Order 29. (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: The Senator was mid-platitude.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: Now that is fanciful.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: Not every view is as good as every other view.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: We are not governed by arbitration.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: The Bill before the House today is designed to allow the Oireachtas to address a serious issue that would in other circumstances have been addressed long ago by legislation. That issue is the aspect of Irish law that enables people born in Ireland, whether North or South, to acquire an entitlement to Irish citizenship notwithstanding that neither parent has any substantial connection with...

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: There will be no new category of "non-citizens". Citizenship laws do not create categories of non-citizens; they set out the criteria for the acquisition of citizenship of a particular state by a certain segment of people. The world is full of categories of people who are, by reference to Irish law, non-citizens of Ireland. The world is full of states where citizenship law does not confer...

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am talking about her fundamental rights.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: I will come to the Senator's point in a moment. There is no question and no serious lawyer believes, except lawyers who are intent on creating doubt, that the Irish courts would say——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: Can my point of order be taken?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am about to make a point of order. A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, as I understand it, you have ruled from the Chair authoritatively that I am to conclude the debate by replying at 6.15 p.m. I ask you, as a matter of order, if it is the case that your ruling is binding on all Members——