The MUD Bill passed Report and Final Stage in the Seanad on Tuesday (2nd June). The Dail Second Stage will take place next Wednesday and Thursday (9th and 10th June).
If all this is double dutch to you, it means the Seanad has completed it’s work on the bill and now it moves to the Dail. It will be debated a few more times, some changes will be made and at some stage (hopefully Autumn but there are no guarantees), it will be voted on and present to the President to be passed into law. Yes, it’s slow going but it’s still moving (which is great) and they’re still listening to us and taking on board our advice.
We’re meeting regularly with the Law Society, the Department of Justice and some political parties to keep pushing the importance of the bill and to remind them of the remainder of our wishlist.
The issue of completion is still outstanding, we’re still working on that and the Dept of Environment is also looking at it (from a different angle). There are also problems with the bond, house rules and the apportionment of service charges but we’ll keep battering away at those.
June 21st, 2010 on 8:28 am
You mention in your article on the MUD Bill that the Dáil second stage would take place on 9th and 10th June. I can find no reference to this on the Oireachtas website. Can you advise.
Paul
June 21st, 2010 on 9:08 am
I’m not sure why it wasn’t on the schedule. They started debating it on Tuesday but it was interrupted and I’m not sure when it’ll come back. Fingers crossed it makes it back before the summer.