Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I move amendment No. 86:

In page 17, before section 31, to insert the following new section:

32.—Section 6A (inserted by section 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1998) of the Merchant Shipping (Commissioners of Irish Lights) Act 1997 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by—

(i) the insertion of ", the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform" after "with the consent of the Minister", and

(ii) the substitution of "by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform" for "by the Minister for Finance",

and

(b) in subsection (3), by the substitution of "Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform" for "Minister for Finance".

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