Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

This section relates to definitions and there are other sections of definitions in some of the Acts that this Bill proposes to amend. I am reserving the right to address some of the definitions provided and to consider the introduction of new definitions in respect of the Bill. As has been pointed out, there are concerns about the scrutiny of this legislation and there is a duty on all of us to ensure heightened scrutiny, given that pre-legislative scrutiny was skipped. There are also concerns about the Bill and its resemblance to the previous Bill. I am just indicating that I am reserving the right to submit amendments in respect of some of the definitions in the Bill on Report Stage.

Another section of Part 1 deals with commencement of the legislation and if there are particularly troubling parts of the Bill, I also reserve the right to suggest specific commencement dates.