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

Tom Kitt: I am told that, after the consultation with the Taoiseach was launched, if anyone made a submission regarding legislation, it was set aside in Schedule 1.

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

Tom Kitt: It is very simple. Section 4 assigns Short Titles to all public general Acts that are not being repealed but that do not currently have a Short Title. The section is based on section 1(1) of the Short Titles Act 1962. For the sake of consistency, we are giving a similar structure to the legislation with which we are dealing.

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

Tom Kitt: Section 5 amends the Short Titles Act 1896, which provided Short Titles for a large number of English, British and United Kingdom statutes. The section will correct two unconventional Short Titles conferred by that Act, one being "1 Will. & Mary, Sess. 2. c. 2". Senators can see what we are doing: we are obviously trying to use standardised terminology.

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

Tom Kitt: It is Latin.

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

Tom Kitt: That is what I am told.

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

Tom Kitt: I studied Latin, and I do not think it is Latin.

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

Tom Kitt: It may be Norman French, but it is not Latin, which I studied. There is definitely no "Estatuz del" in Latin. I can get back to the Senator on the question.

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

Tom Kitt: It is to standardise our references and terminology with the British ones.

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

Tom Kitt: We have covered all of the issues. Section 8 formally enables certain early statutes that are being retained to be proved in court and other legal proceedings by production of a copy of it as reproduced in certain official publications. This may also be done by the production of a copy from those official publications and by having a copy certified by the National Library of Ireland or such...

European Development Fund: Motion (13 Feb 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann, approves the ratification by Ireland of the Internal Agreement concerning the 10th European Development Fund, signed in Brussels on 17 July, 2006, which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 5 February, 2007, be referred to the Select Committee on European Affairs, in accordance with paragraph (1) of the Orders of Reference of that Committee, which,...

Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Tom Kitt: She might do a better job.

Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: First Stage (8 Feb 2007)

Tom Kitt: No.

Membership of Committees: Motion (8 Feb 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Deputy Máire Hoctor be discharged from the Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights and Deputy Niall Blaney be appointed in substitution for her; that Deputy Seán Haughey, Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science, be discharged from the Select Committee on the Environment and Local Government and Deputy Michael Moynihan be appointed...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Feb 2007)

Tom Kitt: I thank the Cathaoirleach and Members for the courtesy they have shown in this debate and for their genuine interest in this Bill. It is always a pleasure to come to this House. I will do my best to respond to some of the Members' specific queries but I cannot deal with all of them. I give a commitment, however, to respond before Committee Stage with relevant information, summaries of Acts...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Tom Kitt: I welcome the opportunity to launch this Bill in the Seanad. From previous experience, I know that Members of the House have a keen interest in statute law reform and I am sure that the Bill will have as interesting and thorough a debate as others of its kind. The Bill is the greatest single statute law revision measure undertaken in the State. It will repeal 3,188 statutes, more statutes...

International Agreements: Referral to Select Committee (6 Feb 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the: (i) Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, signed at Luxembourg on 12th June, 2006, which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 3rd November, 2006; and (ii) Partnership and Co-operation Agreement...

Amendments to Standing Orders: Motion (6 Feb 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 97(1)(a), the Committee on Procedure and Privileges recommends that the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business are hereby amended as follows: (a) STANDING ORDER 18 — PROCEEDINGS, ORDER PAPER, JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS AND DOCUMENTS-LANGUAGE: TRANSLATION OF LAWS. In Standing Order 18, by the deletion of paragraph (3). (b) STANDING...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (31 Jan 2007)

Tom Kitt: The number of housing units in respect of which planning permission has been granted throughout County Meath in each year from 2002 to 2005 and to date in 2006 are set out in the table below. The exact information as requested by the Deputy is not available as figures for Slane and Dunshaughlin are not compiled separately but are included in the Meath County Council figures. Number of...

Planning and Development Regulations: Referral to Joint Committee (31 Jan 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development Regulations 2007, copies of which were laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 25 January 2007, be referred to the Joint Committee on the Environment and Local Government in accordance with paragraph (2) of the Orders of Reference of that Committee, which, not later than 20...

European Council Framework Decision: Referral to Joint Committee (31 Jan 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion provided by Article 1.11 of the Treaty of Amsterdam to take part in the adoption of the following proposed measure: a proposal for a Council Framework Decision on the fight against organised crime, a copy of which proposed measure was laid before Dáil Éireann on 15 June 2006, be...