Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 4

4. In page 6, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:

“Amendment of section 265 of Principal Act

11. Section 265(1) of the Principal Act is amended, in paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant purpose”— (a) by the substitution, in clause (III) of subparagraph (v), of “section 16 of the Student Support Act 2011,” for “or section 16 of the Student Support Act 2011, or”,

(b) by the substitution, in subparagraph (vi), of “the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995,” for “or the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995, or”,

(c) by the substitution, in subparagraph (vii), of “Childcare Support Act 2018, or” for “Childcare Support Act 2018,” (inserted by section 23(c) of the Childcare Support Act 2018), and

(d) by the substitution of “(viii) the provision of a service under the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024,” for “(vii) the provision of a service under the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024,” (inserted by section 110(a)(iii) of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024).”.

This is a technical amendment which corrects errors in section 265 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005. In the main, the reason for the amendment is to correct an error whereby there are currently two designations for subparagraph (vii) in paragraph (a) of the definition of "relevant purpose", which is contained in section 265(1) of the Act. Section 265 contains provisions for the sharing of information, which include defining the purposes for which information may be shared. Section 110 of the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024 incorrectly inserted in subparagraph (vii) the purpose for sharing of information as "the provision of a service under the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024". That insertion conflicts with an existing provision designated under subparagraph (vii) by section 23 of the Childcare Support Act 2018. This amendment seeks to correct that by designating the provision for auto enrolment in subparagraph (viii).