David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is correct. I would never dare to accuse Fine Gael of being a right-wing party. I welcome the witnesses. I have five minutes for my contribution. I will deal with the ICCL and my colleague, Deputy Ward, will put questions to the Mental Health Reform later. We broke our questions up into two sections.

I will first make a number of points to Mr. Herrick by way of observation. I want to be fair to his organisation in order that his position is not mischaracterised. Mr. Herrick is not saying that there is no need for public health measures. He is saying there needs to be proper democratic oversight and that the extraordinary powers, which the Minister gets from this and future legislation or by extending the sunset clauses, are extraordinary and draconian. Furthermore, they give the Minister power to make regulations, which can themselves be very draconian, and those regulations are not subject to any democratic oversight or scrutiny. Essentially, is that Mr. Herrick's concern?