Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 46

In page 11, line 27, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.

This amendment is slightly related to the one agreed earlier in terms of the Minister’s ability to make regulations under the Act. Section 9(9) states “the Minister may, by regulations made under section 6, prescribe dispute resolution procedures applicable to a dispute which arises between the competent authority and another person”. My amendment proposes to change the term “may” to “shall”. Members have no control over this process unless we require the Minister to do that. This has to be seen in the context of my other amendments which bring this aspect of the regulation before the House. The amendment accepted earlier provided that the Minister had the right to make regulations and lay them afterwards, except with this clause concerning dispute resolution in which the House will have an input.