Seanad debates
Thursday, 8 April 2004
Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed).
2:00 am
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
The word "disposal" is technically correct but may sound a little offhand. I do not have a thesaurus with me but I am trying to think of some other appropriate word. The word "future" is too vague, but between now and Report Stage I will come up with something less open to misinterpretation. Some unfortunate American person used the word "niggardly" on one occasion, and people who did not understand the word devoured him. Objectively, the word "disposal" is not offensive, but perception is everything in politics.
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