Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

As Deputy Ó Broin indicated, this amendment seeks to ensure that any new policy directives would be limited by the requirement to be in accordance with the policies in the MPPS. If the Minister of State is not happy with the inclusion of this provision in the Bill, I would like to know why and in what circumstances he foresees that there might be new policy directives that would not be in accordance with the MPPS. What types of situations would they be? If he does not agree with the amendment, will he say why it is not needed?