Feargal Quinn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for that explanation, but I am not at all happy, in particular with the concept that it is not the intention to use this provision but that the Minister wants to include it because we may use it at some point in the future. The Minister of State is correct that a regulation would have to be presented to both Houses of the Oireachtas, but we never see them, as they are included in a list. They are not presented as Bills that are brought before us for discussion. It would, therefore, slip through without being examined. We should, therefore, remove paragraph (c) - "such person as may be prescribed" - for the very reason given by the Minister of State, that it is not intended to use it but that at some point in the future we might want to do so. That is not what we should be doing.