Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages
Dail Éireann — 2022-06-15
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Seán Ó Fearghaíl (CC), Kildare South

Deputy Carthy has asked me to request that the Minister of State deal with the question. I am conscious, when he raises the matter, that every day when I look at parliamentary questions, I am regularly reminded that it is not for Ministers to interpret the law. The procedures of the House dictate that it is the courts that interpret the law and that it is not the role of this or any other Minister to interpret the law. I thank the Deputy for asking me to clarify that matter.

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Sitting date: 2022-06-15