Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

Any Acts that are being repealed are clearly referenced in the legislation. If we knew which other Acts were involved, they would also be referenced. We are trying to ensure that in the event of the discovery of a relevant Act after the enactment of this Bill, it will not affect the operation of the legislation. There may be some local Acts that have not yet been discovered. The officials have done a tremendous job of trawling through old legislation to find the Acts that are being consolidated into this Bill. There may be more Acts that are not mentioned in the Bill but we have not yet discovered them. If they were discovered in the future and found to affect the operation of the Act, whoever is here is 20 or 30 years would be highly critical of us for not including this section.