Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

The advice we have been given from the Attorney General's office is that this wording was inserted at their request. The advice says it deals with the award of interest where payment of the award is not made or is delayed. The treatment of an order to pay must be consistent with that of a court order, in other words, they are arguing that this has been put in to make it consistent with a court order. However, I will seek legal clarification on what the Senator has said.