Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It will take a bit of time to work out the best way to process some of this material. My remarks are in no way a criticism. We are talking about a series of very important transitional mechanisms. I appreciate that the Minister of State had to read out a statement but I am still very unclear as to how some of the mechanisms are going to work. I have a couple of general questions on the operation of the transitional mechanisms and then specific questions about each one.

Clearly, the idea of these transitional mechanisms, notwithstanding the repeal of the relevant sections of the 2000 Act, is that certain categories of activity will continue as if the 2000 Act were still in place. Until what point will that remain the case? That is my first question.