Seanad debates
Wednesday, 18 December 2002
Statute Law (Restatement) Bill, 2000 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages.
Brendan Ryan (Labour)
We have no difficulty with the amendments. Members of the House frequently assert that because they are not lawyers they are unable to give full consideration to legislation of this kind. They should not make such statements because we are more than lawyers, we are law makers. We should not apologise to lawyers for our range of skills, which are deeper and more profound than theirs. I am glad we are helping them. I hope that some of the mystique of law will disappear with this process and with that some of the expense associated with it.
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