Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 5, before section 1, but in Part 1, to insert the following new section:

1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011.

(2) Sections 6, 7, 8, and 14(3), and Parts 3 and 4 shall come into operation on the appointed day.

(3) The Ministers and Secretaries Acts 1924 to 2007 and this Act may be cited together as the Ministers and Secretaries Acts 1924 to 2011 and shall be construed together as one Act.".

This is a technical amendment that inserts a reference to the appointed day on which particular sections and Parts of the Bill shall come into operation. Other sections will come into operation immediately on enactment. In essence, while I do not want to presume its acceptance in the other House and the President's consent, it is expected all sections and parts of the Bill will come into operation on 5 July when the commencement order is signed by the Taoiseach.

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