Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

This amendment arose from an error that occurred on Committee Stage in the Dáil which was brought to our attention by Senator Regan prior to Committee Stage in the Seanad. I am grateful to the Fine Gael Party for bringing this error to my attention.

One of the effects of the several amendments that were made to section 14 in the Dáil was that the expression "new date for payment" was rendered unnecessary but that definition remained due to an oversight. The Parliamentary Counsel is satisfied that the only definition now necessary in section 14 is the original definition of "due date for payment". There is no need to copy the definition because it appears in other sections and the only difference is a cross-reference to section 14.

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