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

Mary O'Rourke: That is the one about travelling with impunity.

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

Mary O'Rourke: His arms have gone rusty.

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

Mary O'Rourke: I said that.

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

Mary O'Rourke: Does that mean we can travel with impunity?

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

Mary O'Rourke: We must do something with them. They must be declared obsolete and got rid of. I am sure many Acts were passed that were not of obvious importance.

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

Mary O'Rourke: They will be attended to later, since there might well be a short clause or provision in an Act that is still relevant today.

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

Mary O'Rourke: It makes our next task easier.

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

Mary O'Rourke: Deputy Tom Kitt may have studied it, but I taught it.

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

Mary O'Rourke: It might be like Beowulf.

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

Mary O'Rourke: It was the first bill of rights.

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

Mary O'Rourke: They were within the remit of the then Department of Education in the time of former Minister, Gemma Hussey, and they were taken into the remit of the Department of the Taoiseach.

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

Mary O'Rourke: I can throw light on that. Gemma went into a huff about it.

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

Mary O'Rourke: This section is concerned with portions of other Bills which may be of relevance that we must save. It is an important section because it concerns parts of a Bill which may be still relevant today. It is headed "savings", which made me think the Department of Finance has been let loose on savings, but it has nothing to do with that and refers instead to saving portions of Bills that may be...

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

Mary O'Rourke: Senator Ryan wondered about the mention of the Local Government Act 2001 and I can only conclude that a portion of it must be still relevant.

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

Mary O'Rourke: They have become important.

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

Mary O'Rourke: Can I ask about savings and parts of Acts it is felt must be retained because they are relevant? There must be a huge number of parts of Acts that are being retained because they are relevant today.

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

Mary O'Rourke: Will the work to do away with these parts of Acts continue as modern life goes on and they become obsolete?

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

Mary O'Rourke: Does the Minister of State mean they will be repealed?

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

Mary O'Rourke: We are doing two parallel exercises, that is, repealing Acts and retaining those Parts of Acts that must be retained. There is surely another parallel exercise taking place in corridors and rooms to determine how we can repeal those sections of Acts we are trying to hold on to because they still have some relevance. Is this happening?

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

Mary O'Rourke: The Whiteboys were not just endemic to Tipperary; they were quite prevalent in other areas also. I thank the Office of the Attorney General for writing to the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to determine whether he can remove the legislation. It is very interesting what the Minister of State said to Senator Mansergh about the Whiteboys and Molly Maguires, or...