Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We immediately decide not to suggest any amendment or change and that is the end of the matter. However, now and again, a document is brought before us with which we have an issue and we pursue the issue. What we are suggesting in this case is quite simple, that regulations to include the name of a hospital be brought before the committee. If there is no issue with this, it would take the committee exactly 30 seconds to sort the matter out; if there is an issue of concern, it could be debated and the committee could make recommendations to the Minister. When I was Minister, I brought draft regulations before the relevant committee, to which I listened and I amended them. I found it to be a very good exercise and one that saved future difficulty. It is part of the change to ensure good practice that we need to make in the Houses. On that basis, I will support Deputy Denis Naughten's amendment, if pressed.