Seanad debates
Thursday, 1 March 2007
Control of Exports Bill 2007: Committee Stage.
11:00 am
Feargal Quinn (Independent)
I thank the Minister of State for the clear intention and for the attention he has given to the proposal. I do not want to see legislation passed that is not enforceable. I now understand the difficulty as regards the terms "domiciled" and "resident", etc. It is perhaps too facile a solution to just change the words. However, there were just two objectives in what I was trying to achieve. One was the fact I do not like to see legislation passed that is not enforceable. If we introduce legislation purely for the purpose of keeping in line with a EU directive, we should ensure that it is also enforceable. It might well be that the legislation will be in line with the European directive, but that is not my concern.
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