Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 2 is a technical one, which moves a section to the end of the Bill. Once we have agreed the suite of amendments before us we will have a much shorter Bill with just one part. The convention in respect of short Bills is that the commencement provision comes at the end. Then we have two variations, in that the Government's amendment is for a standard commencement provision, whereas Senator Daly wants to specify that the Bill will automatically come into operation after three years. I have no objection in principle to that and am happy to listen to what the Senator has to say and am listening to him and other Members of the House on this issue.