Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 10:

In page 4, line 18, to delete "guilty of" and substitute "who commits".

On Committee Stage I undertook to consult with the Parliamentary Counsel to see if we could accept the amendments being proposed by Deputy Sherlock or amendments similar to those being proposed. We accept the point made by Deputy Sherlock and as a result have drafted these amendments to address the matter. While Deputy Sherlock has tabled two amendments, the same point arises in other parts of sections 3 and 8 and in other sections. As a result, I propose 29 similar amendments which delete the reference to a party "guilty of" an offence being liable on conviction to a fine and I am replacing them with a reference to a person "who commits" an offence being liable on conviction to a fine. I thank the Deputy for his contribution and believe what we have brought forward meets the objective of what he suggested on Committee Stage.

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