Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is a set of largely technical amendments to take account of the provisions of the Local Government Reform Bill on other legislation. Part 6 of Schedule 2 deals with minor consequential amendments to Acts other than those already dealt with in Schedule 1 and in Parts 1 to 5 of Schedule 2, as a result of the reform programme. Extensive additions to Part 6 were made on Committee Stage in the Dáil and in the Seanad. I am now taking the opportunity on Report Stage to add further to the listing by including amendments to a number of other areas where necessary changes have been identified. Amendments Nos. 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 and 89 provide for those additions.

Amendment No. 1 is a related technical amendment to amendment No. 83 and provides for the insertion of the necessary collective citation in section 1 in respect of the Education and Training Boards Acts. Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 correct an existing collective citation contained in section 1(13) to the Health Acts, which needs to be updated to include reference to the Health Acts 1947 to 2013 with the collective citation.