Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)

Yes, never mind me. The new legislation allowed us to clean up the Statute Book to make more sense of it. Section 2(2) states: "For the purposes of this Act, an enactment which has been replaced or has expired, lapsed or otherwise ceased to have effect is deemed to have been repealed." In this regard, does this House, where an Act has lapsed, is irrelevant or out of kilter with modern times, still have the power to cite such an Act and repeal it? Can this be done without an Act of the Oireachtas or an instruction on the part of the Minister or Minister of State?