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Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I know I sometimes test the Acting Chairman's patience when I inquire into matters. Section 6(b)(i)(I) mentions "Estatuz del Eschekere". Is that Middle English?

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: That is not Latin.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I am absolutely certain it is not Latin.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I am not being awkward, but Members of the Oireachtas ought to know what they are passing, and I am curious about this. However, if we do not know, perhaps we should leave it.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: There were so many Ks in the sentence that I thought it was Basque.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I may be pedantic, but I am interested. I did not ask in order to be unhelpful, and I am not trying to catch out the Minister. I presume he has advisers. Like everyone else from our background, I noted the reference to Magna Carta in subsection (b)(iii)(I) and (b)(iii)(II). Is its significance purely to do with drafting?

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Some of us do not know.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: The reference to "Statute de Conspiratoribus" has real echoes of Harry Potter.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: This stuff is interesting.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I have a succession of questions and I will not ask them altogether, partly because it might confuse me apart from anybody else. I like the delicate reference in the explanatory memorandum that the originals of many of these early statutes are either in London or were lost in the destruction in 1922. It makes one feel that there are two equal horrors — one is destruction and the other is...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I take Senator Mansergh's word for it.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I do not want to delay the House. Both sections 8(1)(a)(i) and (ii), for instance, cover the same period. Is there some degree of certainty that there would be no conflict between the records in sections 8(1)(a)(i) and (ii)? While I have a number of other questions on other matters, that is my only question on this issue. Is there some certainty or what is the process if it turns out...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Is there any possibility of digitising these records? There is a provision, to come later, allowing for the imposition of charges and these are records of huge historical and legal significance. It seems a pity that such important and fundamental references would be based in one place when Google is about to digitise half of the books on Earth. I was merely wondering about this matter, at...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Section 9(2)(b) states that "nothing in this Act shall be read as affecting section 11(16) of the Local Government Act 2001". I probably could have looked for section 11(16) of the Local Government Act 2001 but I did not and I would love to know why, of the thousands of pieces of legislation passed in the past 80 years, this is mentioned.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I do not want to hold up the business of the House, but I have a series of questions, perhaps because I am nosey and curious. I am not going to make an issue of this, but the idea that we should retain the Courts Act 1476 because it provides a statutory basis for the wearing of gowns by the Judiciary is absurd. It is a long time, perhaps 84 years, since we should have got rid of the wearing...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: ——women would not have been allowed in.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I am very glad that the distinction between Meath and Westmeath has been retained. I am sure the Leader would not be too pleased if it were otherwise.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Is it the case that anything that might be trouble is being left in? I am just curious, but it seems funny.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It never crossed my mind.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: On a point of clarification, are we finishing now?