Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To be very clear, I, as Minister of State, am obliged under EU law to comply with all directives. That is a fact. We are obliged to adhere to and comply with all directives. No matter how much we tease it out or go into it I am being very clear in the response that those obligations are already in the Bill. Just because the Deputies want to repeat them in every section will not make this better legislation when we must already comply with those objectives and thresholds.