Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2024-01-17
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Seán Ó Fearghaíl (CC), Kildare South

For the information of the House, a typographical error has been noted in the Schedule to the Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023. This Schedule contains the text proposed to be substituted for subsection 1° of section 3 of Article 41. In the Schedule to the Bill, as published, there are full stops after the numbering of section 1 in each language, as highlighted at the foot of this note. The use of these full stops is superfluous and inconsistent with the well-established numbering convention used in the Constitution. For consistency of formatting in the Constitution, it is considered prudent that these full stops be removed from the text in both languages in the Schedule. Accordingly, while discussing the Schedule, the Minister may request the Chair to direct the Clerk to make an amendment. Is that correct?

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