Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 20:

In page 15, to delete lines 5 and 6 and substitute the following:

"on the compensation (at the rate per annum standing specified for the time being in section 26 of the Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840) for each day or part of a day".

This is merely a technical amendment. As the Courts Act 1981 ultimately refers back to the Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840, this amendment results in a more direct reference to the effective provision where the interest rate is actually set.

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