Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 6, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“ “civil proceedings under this Act” means—

(a) proceedings relating to an application for the making, variation or discharge of a safety order, a barring order or an emergency barring order,

(b) proceedings, consequent on the making of an application for a barring order, for the making, variation or discharge of an interim barring order which relates to the application,

(c) proceedings, consequent on the making of an application for a safety order or a barring order, for the making, variation or discharge of a protection order which relates to the application,

(d) proceedings by way of appeal or case stated which are related to proceedings to whichparagraph (a), (b) or(c) applies;”.

For the record, I am not one of those who covets the Chairman's role. I had it 20 years ago. I enjoyed it and I wish him well for the remainder of his term here. Amendment No. 1 is a technical amendment to section 2. It provides for a definition of civil proceedings under the Act, which is a term used throughout the Bill. This was the definition that was included in the Act of 20 years ago when I was Chair of the committee. It was inadvertently omitted from section 2 of the Bill, as published, and this amendment merely proposes to reinstate it. Amendments Nos. 15 and 16 are technical amendments which improve the clarity of sections 25 and 27 which relate to civil proceedings under the Bill.