Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 307:

In page 181, after line 29 to insert the following: "Rate book

257. The Act of 2019 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 5:

"5. (1) The contents of a rate book prepared by a local authority may be stored electronically.

(2) A book referred to in section 65 of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838 shall be deemed to be a rate book referred to in subsection (1) (in this subsection referred to as a ‘deemed rate book’) and, where the deemed rate book is stored electronically, that shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of that section in respect of the deemed rate book and notwithstanding any specific such requirements.".".