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

Section 6 is a standard provision which ensures that a convention judgment in respect of which an enforcement order has been issued shall have the same force and effect as a judgment of the High Court.

The purpose of the amendment is to make this section subject to section 7 of the Bill. The reason for this is as follows. Section 7 of the Bill makes special provision for the payment of interest on foreign judgments, with subsection (4) of that section specifying that it is only the provisions of that section which will apply to the payment of interest in such judgments. The background to this is that an award of interest on a claim is an integral part of the judgment and therefore it is appropriate that the interest provisions of the country where the judgment was given shall apply and not the Irish provisions.