Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 2 introduces a definition of the "Act of 2000" as we need to refer to the Equal Status Act 2000. Amendment No. 3 deletes the definition of "Minister" as we do not need this as we are amending existing legislation that already has this definition.

In Amendment No. 19 we are making consequential changes to the Short Title, collective citation and the commencement provisions. The Title of the Bill will change so that once enacted it will be known as the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015. This change is needed as we propose to amend both the employment equality and the equal status streams of equality legislation and to amend relative provisions in the Pensions Acts.