Kathryn Reilly (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I raise a point in terms of section 6(2) on the separation of powers between the Executive and the Judiciary and whether it is possible for the Legislature to put a stay on pending cases. The Minister has just mentioned that the Attorney General has stamped a copy of the legislation but in terms of precedent, the 1947 case Buckley v. Attorney General related to a disputed set of funds from the early 1920s. I ask the Minister to give some clarity on that in terms of separation of powers and putting a stay on pending cases.