Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

I was joking. Perhaps someday the Government will amend the Interpretation Act 2005 in order that we can get rid of this amendment that is proposed to every Bill. The stock answer is that it is not required. That is the advice from the Office of the Attorney General on the interpretation of the Interpretation Act 2005 in respect of the definition of the word "oath".