Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

I am always keen to learn from the deliberations of the Seanad. It is news to me that a kilogram is defined by reference to the international prototype. Whenever I come to the Seanad, I am impressed by Members' knowledge. However, I must defer to the Parliamentary Counsel, with whom my officials communicated following the debate on this matter last week. The Parliamentary Counsel has confirmed that this is the correct drafting. While it may appear to us that the Parliamentary Counsel operates in a different language or parallel universe, I must on this occasion defer to their wisdom. I thank the Senator for his contribution on the matter, from which I have learned. I will endeavour to feed it into future deliberations in addressing the issue of weight in legislation.