Rebecca Moynihan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 18:

In page 22, lines 30 and 31, to delete "are civil servants within the meaning of the Civil Service Regulation Act 1956" and substitute the following:

"are civil servants (within the meaning of the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005) in the Civil Service of the State".

This is a technical amendment around consistency of language. The Civil Service is divided into civil servants who work in Departments under Ministers and civil servants in the service of the State working in statutory and independent offices, such as the Ombudsman, the Director of Public Prosecutions, etc. The distinction is worth preserving and it has been ignored in how the section is drafted.