Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 14:

In page 30, to delete lines 22 to 25 and substitute the following: "(6) The Minister may, from time to time, request the Commission to consider guidelines from him or her concerning the preparation of the Commission’s work programme and the Commission may consider same.".

Occasionally, in terms of the proposed work of the commission, items will arise that may not be in sequence or in its plan and an issue may arise out of nowhere. My amendment gives the power to a Minister of the day to give the commission an opportunity to investigate issues that arise, such as an emergency issue, and gives it resources to do so.