Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is a complex Bill and it has had a long run of amendments since it was published. It does engage complex legal and constitutional issues and it covers a very wide span; the inspection, the complaints, the new business models, the new office of the legal costs adjudicator, the charter, and powers for the new authority and the levy which the authority can impose. There has been much involvement and work by the drafters. These amendments are to improve the Bill and to allow for clarity, consistency and a smoother transitional phase. The core rationale is to make it clear that all new complaints will go to the new authority after enactment.