Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 14, line 21, to delete “subsection (5)”and substitute “subsection (6)”.

This amendment is a technical one and serves to correct a cross reference. Amendment No. 4, also a technical amendment, removes an unnecessary word and brings it in line with precedent in terms of the Statute Book. Amendment No. 6, the final technical amendment, is to correct an omission in the consequential amendments in the Bill as originally presented. Section 44 amends the Child and Family Agency Act 2013 to provide for the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consult with the Minister for Justice in addition to, as currently provided, the Minister for Health and the Minister for Education, before developing a performance framework for the Child and Family Agency. This amendment seeks to provide for similar consultation with the Minister for Justice in the context of the preparation of the annual report of the Child and Family Agency. This was inadvertently omitted in the Bill and the proposed amendment has been agreed with my colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman. I hope the Deputies can agree to these amendments.