James Bannon (Fine Gael)

This section states that legislation enacted before 1922 which may come into conflict with the Bill shall no longer have effect. Will the Minister of State inform the House what pre-1922 Acts could affect this Bill? Why is such a blind application being made in this case, as it could have unforeseen consequences? I understand the statute law revision unit of the Office of the Attorney General has conducted an audit of those pre-1922 statutes which might conflict with this Bill. As the correct approach would be to repeal directly the individual enactments, I oppose this section.