Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

On Second Stage, Senator Horkan mentioned that he is unhappy with the term “high-risk vendor”. The criteria comes from the EU toolbox, which uses the phrase “high-risk supplier”, and that is the origin of our terminology. During the passage of the Bill through the Dáil and Seanad, some Deputies and Senators requested that the term “high-risk vendor” be changed. Therefore, I am tabling a number of amendments to the text of the Bill to use the term “relevant vendor” instead and the term “certain vendor” will be used in the Long Title of the Bill and the title of Part 3. The change in terminology will not impact the purpose or operation of the legislation.