Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Select Committee on Social Protection
Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
It says here the commencement will be whenever the Minister makes an order. In general, I do not like commencement dates that do not put some finite limit on the commencement because things can be left hanging around for a while. Would the Minister consider for Report Stage wording that Part 2 should come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may by order or orders appoint, either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so appointed and so on, but not later than one year, or something? What kind of time order does the Minister think we will have? What delay will there be between the Bill becoming an Act and the commencement?
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