Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 10:

In page 27, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“Review of operation of Act

24. The Minister shall—

(a) not later than 2 years after this section comes into operation, commence a review of the operation of this Act, and

(b) not later than 12 months after its commencement, make a report to each House of the Oireachtas of the findings made on the review and of the conclusions drawn from the findings.”.

We have had a constructive debate during the passage of the Bill, many aspects of which have caused concern for members of different parties and Independent Deputies. Given these concerns, many of which are based on mechanisms which will come into operation on implementation of the Bill, it would be prudent to make provision for some review to take place to see how well it was performing. The amendment proposes that, not later than two years after the Bill comes into operation, a review commence and that, not later than 12 months after commencement of that review, a report be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and that its conclusions be discussed by the relevant committee.

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