Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

Amendments Nos. 12 to 14, inclusive, are technical amendments. Amendment No. 12 tidies up the wording of the section. It refers to the Minister's belief that the function performed was vested in him. Amendment No. 13 removes the word "or" from the end of the line and the additional line is included by the following amendment. Amendment No. 14 excludes from section 22 functions transferred from the Minister for Finance to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform by order under section 6(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment ) Act 1939.

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