Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

These are minor amendments to the new Part 12A, which provides in primary legislation that all land and buildings previously held by the Minister for Finance are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. I flagged these amendments on Committee Stage. The first is a correction of a simple referencing error. Sections 56A, 56C and 56D referred to the commencement of section 35 of the Valuation (Amendment) Act 2014 and these references should be to section 31 instead. The second amendment is to change the reference to "Minister" in sections 56A, 56C and 56D to "Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform". The Valuation Office will be merging with Ordnance Survey Ireland and the Property Registration Authority and the new entity, to be known as Tailte Éireann, will be the responsibility of the Minister for Justice and Equality. The functions of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform under the Valuation Act 2001 shortly will transfer to the Minister for Justice and Equality. However, the functions in the new Part 12A will remain with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, which is why this minor change is being made. It arise for the purpose of clarity.