Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

The first group consists of amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, 16, 24 and 26. These are technical amendments arising from changes made to the Child Care Act 1991 and the Children Act 2001 in the Bill as passed by the Dáil.

Amendment No. 1 provides for a new section 1 in the Bill. This sets out the Short Title of the Bill in subsection 1(2), the commencement provisions and a revised collective citation. Amendment No. 2 deletes the original section 1, as required on foot of the other changes. Amendment No. 3 inserts a new definition of the principal Act, for the purposes of Part 2 inserted in the Bill, to mean the Child Care Act 1991. Amendment No. 16 inserts a new section defining the Act of 2001, for the purposes of Part 3 inserted in the Bill, to mean the Children Act 2001. Amendment No. 24 deletes the original section 3 from the Bill which set out the Short Title, collective citations and commencement provisions now dealt with in the new section 1 inserted by amendment No. 1. Amendment No. 26 changes the Long Title to encompass the changes to the Child Care Act 1991 and the Children Act 2001 in the Bill as passed by the Dáil. In short, all the amendments in this group are technical drafting amendments necessitated by the substance of the amendments we will discuss in the subsequent groups.