Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

Let the call go out loud and clear from this House that it was a big mistake to state that the sectoral plan should be laid before the Dáil. Senator Quinn discovered this omission some years ago. I would not be as kind as Senator Terry about it. Those in the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel who formulated the Bill should realise there are two Houses in the Oireachtas and that no Bill can become the law of the land until it has passed through both Houses. It is cavalier of them to have allowed that unconstitutional reference into the Bill. The matter has been corrected by amendments Nos. 25, 26 and 27. Senator Terry always includes reference to both Houses of the Oireachtas in her statements on legislation.