Seanad debates
Wednesday, 29 June 2005
Interpretation Bill 2000: Report and Final Stages.
5:00 am
Michael Kitt (Fianna Fail)
We touched on this earlier, and at the time I stated one of our concerns would be that the law would become dispersed if we introduced this. I must oppose it. This area is developing. Mr. Justice Costello considered Dáil debates in the case of Wavin Pipes Limited v. Hepworth Iron Limited, and the courts in England took account of parliamentary debates in Pepper v. Hart. Debates of the House constitute many different views. We would not agree with this provision.
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