Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

I move amendment No. 103:

In page 18, before Schedule 1, to insert the following new section:

"PART 5*MISCELLANEOUS

36.—For the purposes only of any principle or rule of law relating to the performance of the functions of a Minister of the Government, any member of staff of the National Treasury Management Agency for the time being assigned to perform functions in the Department of Finance shall, notwithstanding section 7(4) of the National Treasury Management Agency Act 1990, be deemed to be an officer of the Minister for Finance.".

This amendment deals with the status of the staff of the NTMA when working with the Department of Finance. We debated the matter for an hour today. I presume we have exhausted ourselves.

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