Joe O'Toole (Independent)

The point I am making is that is not in the section. By way of interpretation we have excluded certain people by name. We have special measures attaching to people from other groups in other parts of the legislation. There might be a reason for that lack of consistency in approach. The Minister has explained that the President, members of the Judiciary etc. are included as they were dealt with in previous legislation. However, later in the Bill other groups are mentioned and we have amended legislation. Why did we not make reference to the relevant legislation? As we are amending legislation in one place, I would assume that any legislation, which is not amended and on which we are silent, stands. If these people were covered by earlier legislation, why are they included in the interpretation? The Minister said their entitlements and age of retirement are covered by legislation already and some parts relate to the Constitution. Therefore that clearly stands. However, if we go to the trouble of amending legislation to cope with other groups, why did we not do the same for this group?