Eugene Regan (Fine Gael)

It is a fact that the same definition is included in three sections. I am not arguing with the Minister on the actual definition included, but rather that it would be more elegant if there was one common definition without repetition in each section. Perhaps, therefore, the phrase, "In this section "due date for payment" means," is unnecessary. It is a question of drafting.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendment No. 42 not moved.

Section 14, as amended, agreed to.

SECTION 15.

Government amendment No. 43:

In page 14, subsection (1), lines 1 to 4, to delete paragraphs (a) and (b) and substitute the following:

"(a) recover—

(i) the fine, or, as may be appropriate, that part of the fine that, upon the notification of the receiver under subsection (2), remains unpaid, and

(ii) the fees of the receiver and the expenses reasonably incurred by the receiver in the performance of his or her functions, or

(b) seize and sell property belonging to the first-mentioned person and recover from the proceeds of the sale of that property a sum equal to the amount of—

(i) the fine, or, as may be appropriate, that part of the fine that, upon the notification of the receiver under subsection (2), remains unpaid, and

(ii) the fees of the receiver and the expenses reasonably incurred by the receiver in the performance of his or her functions.".