Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Senator. To reiterate, the Office of the Chief Herald was established in 1943 as a mechanism to fold the office into the Irish State. Two separate orders happened to that. That is where it became part of our more modern history as we entered into our Republic.

I appreciate where the Senator is coming from in his comments on Schedule 2 and potential revocation. That is something we could look at in a little bit more detail, but to reiterate, if we were to do that here and now, we do not have any legal clarity on what that would mean for the Office of the Chief Herald, which is in existence today. That is the issue there. It is something we can take away and look at. As the Senator said, this Bill was initiated in the Seanad and has yet to move through the Dáil. Therefore, it is something we can look at at that point.