Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 5, after line 29, to insert the following: " "appeals board" has the meaning assigned to it by section 44(1);".

These amendments are largely either technical or clarifying in terms of the policy intent. The committee will recall that the legislation has an appeals provision whereby the CEO and the agency would require the recipient to return some or all of the funding awarded in the event of non-compliance with the terms of the funding award. What we are doing in amendments Nos. 1 and 45 to 47, inclusive, is stretching this out a bit based on the legal advice of the Attorney General.

In amendment No. 1 I propose a minor technical amendment to section 2 in the form of an additional definition:

In page 5, after line 29, to insert the following: " "appeals board" has the meaning assigned to it by section 44(1);".

This definition is required in connection with the proposed sections 44 to 46, inclusive, relating to the appeals provision.

With regard to amendments Nos. 45 to 47, inclusive, as I have said these appeals provisions are being inserted on the advice of the Attorney General to strengthen the appeals provisions in the Bill and ensure an external impartial review.