Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The point I made was about the group of amendments. Amendment No. 1 is technical. Amendment No. 2 which refers to the phrase "railway order" is also technical. The more substantive amendments are amendments Nos. 4 and 5. Amendment No. 4 provides that all references to the dissolved body in any enactment or any instrument under an enactment, in so far as they relate to a function transferred to the NRA, or a person who has been granted the railway order, in any enactment or any instrument made under an enactment, in the case of a railway order granted to the dissolved body before the dissolution day, shall be construed on and after the dissolution day as references to the authority. For the avoidance of doubt, amendment No. 5 provides an additional protection measure under section 10 where it is clearly provided that nothing in the Bill shall affect the operation of any railway order granted to the RPA, or any such order shall be read on and after the dissolution day as if granted to the NRA.

In summary, the role of the amendments is to provide belt and braces legal protection to ensure the continuation of railway orders granted to the RPA following the dissolution of the agency and their transfer to the NRA.