Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 October 2013

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed)

5:55 pm

Photo of Caoimhghín Ó CaoláinCaoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In every preceding section of Part 10, in sections 71 to 81, inclusive, and also in Part 2 of the Bill, in section 82, there was mention of an establishment day. This is beyond me. I will not get hung up further about the phrase "or days" but this makes no sense. The Minister is making a considerable change in this regard. Either there is one establishment day for the new agency or there is not. It is referred to as "establishment day" in every single one of the other sections I mentioned. This is not the only point that has been beyond me during this process. Why has the Minister made this change? One cannot establish something over a number of days. If there had been a desire to make the change in section 83 why would it not have been made in all the preceding sections?

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