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

Amendment No. 115 proposes to set out requirements of the respective directives. Those requirements are set out in the transposing legislation. It is not necessary to restate the detail in this legislation. In fact, as mentioned earlier, there is a risk of this proposal being considered a partial transposition and therefore legally defective or a risk of divergence or inconsistency between both pieces of legislation. It is safer and neater for the Statute Book to refer generally to the necessary legislation. It should be remembered that this is an avoidance-of-doubt provision.

Amendment No. 116 duplicates the effect of amendment No. 117 and is not necessary. I oppose the amendment.