Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 11:

In page 20, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(c) following consultation with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government.”.

The amendments speak for themselves. I would like to give the committee a formal role at a consultative level in considering key issues such as the development of the strategy for and other activities of the regulator. Obviously, we would not have a veto or a vote, but the amendment is simply to provide for consultation with the committee on important issues, particularly the development of the strategy, which is the underpinning document. On that basis, I am hopeful the Minister will, at least, accept the spirt of the amendments, if not the wording.