Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)

These amendments are necessary to ensure continuity for providers regarding procedures established under the 1999 Act, which are now being repealed by this Bill. A number of the provisions of the 1999 Act are already saved in this Bill. These amendments seek to ensure all relevant provisions are now transitioned. The amendments also provide for the transition of reviews or validation of programmes by FETAC and HETAC under the 1999 Act and include a technical amendment on the inclusion of references to section 45 of the Bill, the making of an award, the transition of procedures from the 1999 Act for the delegation of the authority to make awards and a slight rewording of subsection (15) which deals with the transition of review and withdrawal of delegation of authority by FETAC and HETAC and the continuity of procedures established by FETAC and HETAC for such reviews.