Seanad debates
Friday, 2 July 2010
Health (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages
1:00 pm
Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
This matter was also raised in the Dáil. The Attorney General was firm that the Interpretation Act 2005 permits the understanding of plural when a word is given as singular. It is a pedantic point but he is convinced that "person" is satisfactory to capture the Senator's intention.
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