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Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: They asked to meet the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: That was the first question I asked.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: There is no need for the Minister to be so narky about it.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: He is very tetchy about it.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: What is the breakdown?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: They could be American women working in Intel.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister does not know the numbers. How many-——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Hear, hear.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: I am glad to have a brief opportunity to contribute to this debate. There is something surreal and unreal about this debate. It is a debate on a constitutional amendment. It is more important than any normal legislative debate we have because it is something we are recommending to the people to put into our basic law which subsequently cannot be changed without reference to the people yet...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: It is not a fact.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: One would imagine so, which is why that happened.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister of State must accept a point of order.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: What is he reading from?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: That is simply what it says on the Acting Chairman's screen.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Is it planned to remove the grandfather clause?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Is that what the Government is doing?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Then what is the Minister of State arguing about?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Somebody going——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: I have not spoken yet.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Has the Minister of State misled the House?