Pat Moylan (Fianna Fail)

I compliment the Minister of State and his staff for their work on the Bill. He took on many amendments during its passage to improve the legislation. It is important to remove irrelevant legislation from the Statute Book. In the early 1800s, for example, the closest building to the gable-end of a farmhouse was the pig-pen. Markets were often located in town centres in the 1800s but many of the successful ones are now located outside towns.

Great credit is due to the team of researchers for their work in updating our Statute Book. It is one part of further updates that will be made to the Statute Book. I wish the Minister of State well in the next several weeks and hope he will be back in the same seat.