Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I move amendment No. 15:

In page 12, line 9, to delete "commencement of this section" and substitute "passing of this Act".

I am wary of agreeing to these new groupings after the difficulty of trying to take a broad range of matters together. However, this matter is fairly simple. The Minister made the point on Committee Stage that there is no commencement order in this Bill, since it commences on its passing. I suggest the Bill's wording should reflect that and that we should delete "commencement of this section", since there is no commencement order, and that we instead insert "passing of this Act". I understood that it was to be addressed by the Minister and that he had accepted that point on Committee Stage. It is addressed in amendments Nos. 15 and 16.

Amendment No. 19 is also to delete "commencement of this section" and substitute "passing of this Act". It is a technical amendment to simplify the reference, since there will be no commencement order.

Those are the only amendments that concern me, since the others are the Minister's.

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