Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 July 2016
833. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide a list of all Bills which have passed Final Stage in the Houses of the Oireachtas but are yet to be commenced by her Department. [21342/16]
View answerThe following Acts have been commenced in part as follows:
Youth Work Act 2001:
Sections 2-7 inclusive, sections 17, 18 and 24 have been commenced. The remaining sections are yet to be commenced.
Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011:
Sections 1-2 inclusive, sections 4, 7, 26, 35, 37-47 inclusive and section 49 have been commenced. Sections 6, 20 and 23-25 inclusive have been repealed by the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 45 of 2015). The remaining sections are yet to be commenced.
Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015:
Sections 1, 10, 11 and 12 have been commenced. The remaining sections are yet to be commenced.
Children First Act 2015:
Sections 1-5 inclusive, section 18, sections 20-26 inclusive and section 28 have been commenced. The remaining sections are yet to be commenced.
Children (Amendment) Act 2015:
Sections 1-2 inclusive, section 4 (other than para (d)), section 5, section 6 (insofar as it relates to section 88A), section 7, sections 11-15 inclusive, section 17, sections 20-25 inclusive and section 31 have been commenced. The remaining sections are yet to be commenced.
