Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

Tá áthas orm bheith ar ais sa Teach. Over 12 months ago I had the pleasure of bringing this Bill before the Seanad. Since then some amendments have been made by the Dáil. All of the amendments are of a technical nature and none made any material alteration to the substance of the Bill as passed by this House. The amendments of substance were recommended and accepted in this House when the Bill first went through.

Section 2 was amended to make provision for the restatement of Acts that have not been amended to be included in a restatement. For example, the Statute of Limitations Act, 1957, was amended by the Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Act, 2000. The 2000 Act was not amended. In order to allow it to be restated the words "that has been amended" were deleted from the Bill. A further amendment was made to this section in order to put beyond doubt the power to include statutory instruments in restatements. The amendment to the Long Title ensures it takes account of amendments to section 2.