Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 6, to delete lines 1 to 4 and substitute the following:

"(2) This Act comes into operation immediately on its passing into law.".

The purpose of this Bill is to implement a European directive and once the Bill is agreed in both Houses of the Oireachtas there does not appear to be any reason it would be delayed. This amendment seeks to ensure that when the Bill is passed it becomes effective immediately once signed by the President. The Minister of State said on Committee Stage that this will happen automatically, but I am not clear that this is the case. If it does happen automatically there cannot be any objection to including it in the Bill.

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