David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)

I will not hold the Minister up on this. I would say we will get through this very quickly. It is a technical amendment and the Minister is right. It is the only section of the Bill that has not been commenced, but obviously it is an important section. As the Minister said, it gives the chief inspector the discretionary powers to commission an investigation, and that is an important part of the Bill we had passed.

Will the Minister say, if this Bill is passed, does it have to go to the Seanad or are these the final Stages of it? When will this section of the Act actually be commissioned? What is the timeframe for it? It is an important part of the Bill that has already been passed and it is something I have raised in the past. I am anxious that it would be commenced as soon as possible.

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