Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is a technical matter. It is merely dotting the i's and crossing the t's to ensure that, if a situation arises, we have the legal statute in place. That is what this is about. It is consolidating existing legislation. It is not giving new legislation to the Department and it is not putting any extra workload on it. It is merely consolidation of existing legislation.