Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No, it does not refer to the establishment day. There was an omission in the Bill in respect of the transfer of staff taking place on one or more days after the establishment of the agency. The effect of the amendment is to enable the transfer of staff from the HSE on such days as may be deemed appropriate, rather than on one particular day. It is not about the day the agency will be established but is intended to give some flexibility to staff who may not have been identified as staff of the agency on the day of its establishment. Those staff will now be identified after the day of establishment of the agency. That is very clear. It is about the transfer of staff and giving some flexibility in that regard. The establishment day of the agency will obviously be a given date.