Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)

The State Minerals Act 1705 allowed the Queen, on payment of a particular sum, to appropriate all copper, tin and iron. When this is repealed, will new regulations and legislation have to be introduced?

The Minister of State referred to the statute covering lands of lunatics. Is that now covered by legislation regarding wards of court? It is quite worrying when one reads how some kings, and others, came about acquiring land.