National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Act 2007 signed by President

The National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006 has passed all stages in the Seanad and Dáil (3rd April 2007)and has been signed by the President.

Progress of the National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006

(Progress of the legislation can be followed here.)

10 April 2007: The Bill has been signed by the President and now becomes the National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Act 2007. It is Act No 16 of 2007.

3 April 2007: Report and Final Stage was passed. Bill has now passed all stages in the Seanad and Dáil. read latest debate here and here. The Bill is now awaiting signature by the President.

1 March 2007: Committee Stage was completed in the Dáil.  The full debate can be read here.

13 February 2007: Second stage was completed in the Dáil and the Bill has been referred to the Select Committee on Finance and the Public Service - read latest debate here and here

31 January 2007: Second stage was commenced in the Dáil - read debate here. 

30 November 2006: The Bill passed all stages in the Seanad - read debate here

21 November 2006: The Minister for Finance, Mr Brian Cowen, T.D., announced the publication of detailed legislation to place the Centre of Expertise for Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement, already established in the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA), on a statutory footing.

Full Press Release can be read here on the Department of Finance website.