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

I move amendment No. 2

In page 8, line 9, to delete “in section 15(1)” and substitute “by section 15(1)”.

These 13 amendments are technical. Obviously, the Bill was produced under considerable pressure. I thank colleagues in the Office of the Parliamentary Council and in the Department of Social Protection who worked very hard to ensure we could commence this benefit in September. In order to do that, we need to have the Bill through both Houses by the end of this Dáil session. The amendments are totally technical and deal with linguistic and stylistic issues. There are some errors in cross-referencing sections of the Bill and other Acts. I hope the committee members will accept them without debate. They are very straightforward corrections to the Bill.