Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

On my amendment, if the Minister was willing to accept the table and wanted to create greater clarity and wanted to put in the directive numbers where they have not been listed I would be happy with that. It would not be an issue. Looking at it though, the ones where the directive numbers are not listed are the very well-known directives like the habitats directive and the birds directive. More specific directives referenced like, for example, "Directive 2006/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community" are not colloquial. Even at this committee we talk frequently about the habitants directive but not about the directive I have just named, though it is not that it is not just as important. That explains the drafting, but I have no issue with it being made more uniform if the Minister was of a mind to accept this or deal with this on Report Stage.

On what the Minister said about the advice from the Attorney General that it would not be appropriate to do this, what is not appropriate about it?