Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I move amendment No. 14:

In page 6, to delete lines 7 to 15.

This amendment seeks to delete section 4, the impact of which would be to bring the Bill into operation on the occasion of its passing into law. This would avoid the unnecessary delay of waiting until 2008 for application of the Bill. Given that we have been tardy in regard to the transposition of the directive into domestic law, we should act with as much haste as possible to bring the Bill into force.

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