Phil Prendergast (Labour)

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 3, before section 2, to insert the following new section:

"2.—The Minister shall maintain an informal consolidation of the Social Welfare Acts on the Department's website on an ongoing basis.".

I ask the Minister of State to accept this amendment. The social welfare legislation was consolidated in 2005 but amendments are already building up. It is not possible to make a consolidated version on the Department's website for ease of reference. The best time to consolidate them is now when the number of amendments is relatively few. The Pensions Board offers a consolidated version of the Pensions Act on regulation to certain clients. The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform has also informally consolidated texts of key Acts on its website.